Casco Viejo History
Panama Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo I was buying a gift at the Canal Museum´s gift store and found amazing treasures. I learned that Panama´s oldest newspaper, La Estrella, has decided to re publish some of the news from early republic…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo At Arco, we love books. The minute you get into our office, you´ll see them all around. Some people use books as conversation pieces, or as part of the decor. For us, it is far…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo 275 maps including a map by Juan de la Cosa back in 1501 (he was the pilot for Christopher Columbus) are being shown at Casa Soldado, Las Bóvedas. Each one with an interesting story behind,…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Long overdue, finally the Cathedral will get restored. This was announced by Panama´s President last week, in what has been a coordinated effort between a private ngo that is restoring all of Casco´s churches…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo This weekend our friend Leo sent us an incredible photo: Plaza Santa Ana being used as a Bull Ring. While I had seen photos of Plaza Catedral and even Plaza Herrera being used as such,…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Casco Viejo has three public museums: the Canal´s Museum, Religious Art Museum and History Museum. The last two have announced an expansion on their schedule: El Museo de Arte Religioso Colonial – MARC Tuesdays to…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Everyday I learn something new. Today La Prensa published an article about one of the few pieces of the colonial wall we all know as Mano de Tigre. Initially it was known as Baluarte de…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Anyone asking for an address in Panama will get multiple answers to the same thing. They include, and are not limited to, mango trees (that used to be there), supermarkets, landmarks … and different names…
Read morePanama Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo Before you restore a building in Casco Viejo, you are required to do archaeological studies. It is fascinating to see them dig and find stuff, but even more when you ask them what does it…
Read morePanama, Casco Viejo, Casco Antiguo 342 years ago, the people of this isthmus said “enough”. Enough pirates, enough health issues, enough is enough. The city laid in ruins, and anyways it wasn´t like people had this amazing standard of living.…
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