{"id":33981,"date":"2018-12-03T11:25:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T18:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/?p=33981"},"modified":"2018-12-03T11:25:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T18:25:40","slug":"fort-san-lorenzo-in-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isobaresoffit.com\/2018\/12\/03\/fort-san-lorenzo-in-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort San Lorenzo in Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"
As far as historical points of interest within Panama, visiting Fort San Lorenzo is definitely a key site to visit. The Chagres River was a key method of transportation across the isthmus of Panama during the 1500’s as Spain used it to transport gold from its conquests in Mexico and South America to the Caribbean Sea where they could return it to Spain. It wasn’t long before pirates began attacking the ships as they made their way to the sea, so Spain built Fort San Lorenzo around 1560 to protect their ships from the pirates.<\/p>\n