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Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo

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Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo
Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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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.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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