Panama
Historical name
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Panamá (Our Lady of the Assumption of Panama)
Founding Date
1519 August 15
Address
Vía Cincuentenario – Centro de Visitantes, a un costado de la Estatua de Morelos (Vía Cincuentenario – Visitor’s Centre, next to the Sculpture of Morelos) , PC: 0823-05096, Panamá .
Phone numbers
(+507) 226-8915 / 226-9364 / 226-1757
Fax number
(+507) 226-8915 / 226-9364 / 226-1757
Links to social networks
www.facebook.com/sitioarqueologicopanamaviejo
www.youtube.com/channel/UCWr4hkcb6zvsHdV3sjhXvpw/videos
Responsible entity
Board of Old Panama; National Institute of Culture of PanamaManagement plan
Web link
www.patronatopanamaviejo.org/ppv2014/es/inicio
Classification
Site
Category
Inscribed on the World Heritage List
Function-Testimony
Settlement Slave market Port of landing
Access level
Free
Current Use
Part of the archaeological site
Original use
Dwelling and infirmary
Property kind
State
Periodicals
Canto Rodado
Scientific publication published annually for the dissemination of information on heritage. It includes professional articles by local and foreign scholars.
http://www.patronatopanamaviejo.org/ppv2014/es/publicaciones
Other publications
Panamá Viejo: de la aldea la urbe (Old Panama: from village to city)
A book on heritage and the history of Old Panama. It highlights projects implemented in collaboration with the Spanish International Cooperation Agency.
Sociedad, economía y cultura material (Society, Economy and Tangible Culture)
A book comprising the complete history of the first settlement of Panama City, since its foundation in 1519 until its destruction in 1671.
http://www.patronatopanamaviejo.org/ppv2014/es/publicaciones