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Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo

Chagres District, Panama · built 1590

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 (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.

Fort data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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