Casco Viejo History
Panama Casco Viejo I started writing something for Panama`s patriot holidays (which start tomorrow), but the more I look at my old photos of Casco, the more I`m convinced I should let them do the talking. I have such a…
Read morePanama, Casco Antiguo It is always fun to find photos of early Casco Viejo and try to match it with today`s Casco. This postcard seems to be from the early republic, and the corner of 12th with Santa Ana`s…
Read moreCasco Viejo, Panama, Casco Antiguo I came across a while ago with the Spanish edition of The Economist, which normally gathers news of LatinAmerica (mostly focused on Central America, actually). They ran an entire edition on companies that were…
Read moreCasco Viejo, Panama November is one of those “love `em or hate `em” months in Panama, mainly because we managed (don´t know how, really) to fit all of our patriot holidays in the same month, and as a result nobody…
Read morePanama, Casco Antiguo On Friday we attended the inauguration of Casa de Rosa, a restored building that used to belong to Rosa Eleta de Prieto back in 1921. The apartments are quite spacious, specially the living rooms! Records show that…
Read moreCasco Viejo, Panama Every city has stories hidden under their “cement jungle”. This is the slogan for a History Channel TV Series called “Secret Histories”. A couple of years ago they did an entire episode about Panama, which covers…
Read moreCasco Viejo, Panama Panamá La Vieja or Old Panama was the first European settlement at the Pacific Ocean. Founded August 15th, 1519 it will be blowing its 492 th candle on Monday! “Panama City” back then was called “Nuestra…
Read moreCasco Viejo, Panama City, Panama A classic Panamanian tradition during Easter is to visit at least seven churches to pray and/or leave candles at their door. Casco Viejo, being Panama`s colonial city, makes this task quite easy as it offers…
Read moreCasco Viejo Panama Panama Casco Antiguo Real Estate For Sale For Rent at Panama`s Historic District For a while now, the priest at La Merced Church has been working hard to recover the treasures of one of the oldest…
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