Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo

Chagres
Depopulated village
The current ruins of Fort San Lorenzo date from the 1750s.[1]
Map of Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo in about 1739
Chagres Location in Panama
Coordinates: 9°19′20″N 80°00′10″W / 9.32222°N 80.00278°W / 9.32222; -80.00278
Country	Panama
Province	Colón
District	Chagres
Established	1680s
Depopulated	1916

Fort San Lorenzo
Fuerte de San Lorenzo, Castillo de San Lorenzo de Chagres
Chagres, Panama
Fort San Lorenzo. 2009
Site history
Built	1587 (1587) - 1750 (1750)
Built by	Spain
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, iv
Designated	1980 (4th session)
Reference no.	135
Region	Latin America and the Caribbean

Chagres (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃaɣɾes]), once the chief Atlantic port on the isthmus of Panama, is now an abandoned village at the historical site of Fort San Lorenzo (Spanish: Fuerte de San Lorenzo). The fort's ruins and the village site are located about 8 miles (13 km) west of Colón, on a promontory overlooking the mouth of the Chagres River.