Panamá Viejo
A settlement was founded on August 15, 1519 by Pedro Arias Dávila and other 100 inhabitants. At the time, it was the first permanent European settlement on the Pacific Ocean, replacing the two cities of Santa María la Antigüa del Darién and Acla. Two y...
Panama City Panama Temple
The Panama City Panama Temple is the 127th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was announced in 2002 and was dedicated on August 10, 2008 by church president Thomas S. Monson. Located in Cárdenas, a subu...
National Theatre of Panama
The National Theatre of Panama is located in the old city of Panama, next to the church of San Francisco and the Plaza Bolivar. Its construction was ordered by Act 52 of 1904.
The National Theatre is part of a cross-shaped building. Ceiling frescos ...
Latin University of Panama
The university has its roots in the Latin University of Costa Rica, established in Paso Canoas, province of Puntarenas (Costa Rica) in 1989. The one in Panama was opened on September 4, 1991, with facilities in Panama City and David, Chiriquí. Two othe...
Costa del Este
Costa del Este is a neighborhood in Panama City, Panama, located in the township of Juan Díaz near the border of Parque Lefevre. It features underground wiring, some residential areas of restricted access, a separate plant for processing waste water, e...
Parque Municipal Summit
The park was created in 1923 by the former company of the Panama Canal, as the Experimental Farm Summit, to test the adaptation of plants’ species from different parts of the world to the tropical climate of Panama. It was through this experimental far...
Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary
The Sacred Heart Cathedral It is a Catholic church located in the old town of Panama City in Panama. It was consecrated in 1796, although construction work began in 1688, 108 years earlier. The cathedral is the episcopal see of the Archdiocese of Panam...
Quality Leadership University Panama
Quality Leadership University (QLU) is a private university founded in Panama City, Republic of Panama on February 18, 1997 and authorized to operate in Panama by Executive Decree. It is located in 45th Street, Bella Vista in Panama City. It’s accredit...
Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport
Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport (IATA: BOC, ICAO: MPBO) is a public airport located 1.5 km (0.93 mi) northwest of the center of Bocas del Toro, a town on Isla Colón (Colón Island) in the Bocas del Toro Province of Panama. The airport ...
Barriles
Barriles (known also as Sitio Barriles or by the designation BU-24), is one of the most famous archaeological sites in Panama. It is located in the highlands of the Chiriquí Province of Western Panama at 1200 meters above sea level. It is several kilom...
Enrique Malek International Airport
Known as David Field or San Jose Field during World War II, the airport was an auxiliary of Howard Field. It accommodated a variety of United States Army Air Forces personnel, dedicated for the most part in training and reconnaissance missions over the...
Scarlett Martínez International Airport
Established in 1931, during World War II Río Hato Army Air Base was used by the United States Army Air Forces Sixth Air Force as part of the defense of the Panama Canal. It was closed as an active Air Force facility in 1948 but was used as an USAF auxi...
Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo
In 1502, during his fourth and final voyage, Christopher Columbus discovered the Chagres River.
By 1534, the Monarchy of Spain had, following its conquest of Peru, established a rainy-season gold route over the isthmus of Panama—Las Cruces Trail—mos...
Fort De Lesseps
Fort De Lesseps was a small U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps fort located at the northern tip of Colón, Panama. It was named after Ferdinand de Lesseps. It consisted of only one battery of two six-inch guns called battery Morgan, which were located acro...
Fort Gulick
It was perhaps best known as the home installation of the 8th Special Forces Group (Airborne)(Special Action Force) from 1962 until the 8SFGA inactivation, and the location of the School of the Americas. In 1984, control of the fort was turned over to ...
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
The fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo are military constructions, built by the Spanish Empire during the 17th and 18th centuries on the Caribbean coastline of Colón Province in Panama. The ruins are located on the co...
Iglesia de San Felipe
The church's annual festival, the Black Christ Festival, is the biggest religio-cultural celebration in Portobelo. It is celebrated on October 21, a festival day formally known and observed as the "Feast Day of the Cristo de Portobelo". On this occasio...
Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport
Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport (IATA: PAC, ICAO: MPMG) is a public airport located 1.5 km (0.93 mi) west of the center of Panama City, in the Panamá Province of Panama. It is located on the site of the former Albrook Air Force Stati...
Estadio Agustín Sánchez
Formerly the stadium had slightly smaller dimensions and natural turf, but it was still used for ANAPROF games. In 2008, a joint effort from the Panamanian government and the national sport institute (INDE) spent $1,997,192 in installing artificial tur...
Howard Air Force Base
Howard Air Force Base, (IATA: BLB, ICAO: MPPA), is a former United States Air Force base located in Panama. It discontinued military operations on 1 November 1999 as a result of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, which specified that US military facilities ...
