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In 1597, after Drake's episode, the Spanish Empire decided to fortify the port as the treasury was moved to Portobelo. Fort San Felipe was built first at the entrance to the harbour and was fortified with 35 canons. Fort San Jeronimo was built on the eastern part, and Fort Santiago de la Gloria, on the western part of
The castle of San Lorenzo was built on top of a high reef, in a position that dominated the entrance of the Chagres River. [2] In 1670, buccaneer Henry Morgan ordered an attack that left Fort San Lorenzo in ruins. He invaded Panama City the following year, using San Lorenzo as his base of operations.
Portobelo (Modern Spanish: "Puerto Bello" ("beautiful port"), historically in Portuguese: Porto Belo) is a historic port and corregimiento in Portobelo District, Colón Province, Panama. Located on the northern part of the Isthmus of Panama, it is 32 km (20 mi) northeast of the modern port of Colón now at the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal.
San Felipe is a corregimiento within Panama City, in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 3,262 as of 2010. [1] Its population as of 1990 was 10,282; its population as of 2000 was 6,928.
Casco Antiguo (Spanish for Old Quarter), also known as Casco Viejo or San Felipe, is the historic district of Panama City. Completed and settled in 1673, it was built following the near-total destruction of the original Panamá city, Panamá Viejo in 1671, when the latter was attacked by pirates. It was designated a World Heritage Site in 1997. [1]
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[2] [3] It was named for King Felipe II of Spain. [4] The fort is one of the oldest European structures in the Caribbean, [5] [6] and is the only remnant of the 16th century in Puerto Plata. [7] Today, the Fortaleza San Felipe serves as a museum [8] [9] showcasing the important role it has played in the history of Puerto Plata and the Dominican ...
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