Old Panama

Panamá Viejo is defined by the stark, weathered stone tower of its former cathedral, which stands as a lone, vertical landmark amidst a landscape of low-lying archaeological ruins. Founded on August fifteenth, fifteen nineteen, by the Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dávila, this was the first permanent European settlement on the Pacific coast of the Americas. It quickly became the primary transit point for gold and silver flowing from Peru to Spain, serving as the staging ground for conquests and a hub of colonial wealth.