Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo
Chagres | |
|---|---|
Depopulated village | |
The current ruins of Fort San Lorenzo date from the 1750s. | |
Map of Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo in about 1739 | |
| Coordinates: 9°19′20″N 80°00′10″W / 9.32222°N 80.00278°W | |
| Country | Panama |
| Province | Colón |
| District | Chagres |
| Established | 1680s |
| Depopulated | 1916 |
| Fort San Lorenzo | |
|---|---|
Fuerte de San Lorenzo, Castillo de San Lorenzo de Chagres | |
| Chagres, Panama | |
Fort San Lorenzo. 2009 | |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1587 - 1750 |
| Built by | Spain |
| Official name | Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, iv |
| Designated | 1980 (4th session) |
| Reference no. | 135 |
| Region | Latin America and the Caribbean |
Chagres (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃaɣɾes]), once the chief Atlantic port on the isthmus of Panama, is now an abandoned village at the historical site of Fort San Lorenzo (Spanish: Fuerte de San Lorenzo). The fort's ruins and the village site are located about 8 miles (13 km) west of Colón, on a promontory overlooking the mouth of the Chagres River.