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Panama City Romantic History Recounted in Old Pacific Crossroads
The piece traces Panama City from its colonial destruction by Henry Morgan to its revival with the canal and railroad. It notes the shift of power to the United States, the strategic role of the isthmus, and the city’s modernization including sanitation, tourism, and growth around the Tivoli in the Canal Zone. It highlights the Old Panama ruins and the famed flat arch of San Domingo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Canal Zone
United States
National Geographic Society
New World
Old City
California
America
Rooseevelt
Pacific
Panama City
Colon
Canal
Riis
Altho
Old
Porto Bello
Tunis
Henry Morgan
Henry
San Domingo
Althe
Tropics
Tivoli