Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo

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Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
Photo: gailf548 from New York State, USA / CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Country Panama
Year inscribed1980
Criteria(i) (iv)

Overview

Magnificent examples of 17th- and 18th-century military architecture, these Panamanian forts on the Caribbean coast form part of the defence system built by the Spanish Crown to protect transatlantic trade.

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Source: UNESCO World Heritage List — CC BY-SA 4.0