Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo

Chagres
Depopulated village
The current ruins of Fort San Lorenzo date from the 1750s.[1]
The current ruins of Fort San Lorenzo date from the 1750s.[1]
Map of Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo in about 1739
Map of Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo in about 1739
Chagres is located in Panama
Chagres
Chagres
Location in Panama
Coordinates: 9°19′20″N 80°00′10″W / 9.32222°N 80.00278°W / 9.32222; -80.00278
CountryPanama
ProvinceColón
DistrictChagres
Established1680s
Depopulated1916
Fort San Lorenzo
Fuerte de San Lorenzo,
Castillo de San Lorenzo de Chagres
Chagres, Panama
Fort San Lorenzo. 2009
Site history
Built1587 (1587) - 1750 (1750)
Built bySpain
Official nameFortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
TypeCultural
Criteriai, iv
Designated1980 (4th session)
Reference no.135
RegionLatin 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.

  1. ^ Weaver and Bauer, p. 88