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Originally a square space used for festivals on horseback or bullfights, it acquired its definitive rectangular shape in 1878, and progressively transformed into a park during the 19th century. The last remodeling was in the 1980s.
(source: Tejeira, E. and Spadafora, V, El Casco Antiguo de la Ciudad de Panama, CiudadCity Publishers, Spain)