Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site historic site

The Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo comprises the ruins of the original 16th-century Spanish colonial settlement that was the first permanent European city on the Pacific coast of the Americas and a key hub in transoceanic trade.

Aliases (1)

Panama Viejo ruins ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site → archaeological site → historic site →
abandonedAsCity	1673 →
alsoKnownAs	Old Panama → Panamá Viejo →
associatedWith	Panama Canal area (historical precursor) → Spanish Empire → transisthmian trade route →
category	cultural heritage →
continent	North America →
coordinateSystem	geographic coordinates →
country	Panama →
destroyedInEvent	sack of Panama by Henry Morgan →
extensionYear	2003 →
foundedAsCity	1519 →
foundedBy	Pedro Arias Dávila →
governingBody	Instituto Nacional de Cultura de Panamá → Patronato Panamá Viejo →
hasPart	cathedral bell tower → defensive walls → museum of Panamá Viejo → plaza mayor → ruins of convents → ruins of houses → ruins of the cathedral →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
heritageProtectionStatus	protected archaeological park →
inscriptionYear	1997 →
locatedIn	Panama City → Panamá Province →
locatedOn	Pacific coast of Panama →
majorDestructionYear	1671 →
originalName	Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Panamá →
partOf	Historic District of Panama City and Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo →
period	Spanish colonial period →
primaryLanguageOfSignage	Spanish →
replacedBy	Casco Antiguo (Historic District of Panama City) →
significance	early Spanish colonial settlement in Central America → first permanent European city on the Pacific coast of the Americas → key hub in transoceanic trade between the Americas and Spain →
tourismAttraction	yes →
UNESCODangerListStatus	not listed →
UNESCOPropertyType	cultural →
UNESCORegion	Latin America and the Caribbean →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(ii) → (iv) →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	790bis →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Panama City ("Panama Viejo ruins") →	hasLandmark
Panama City →	hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite