The San Lorenzo Protected Area: Panama's Caribbean Treasure
The 12,000-ha San Lorenzo Protected Area (SLPA), located at the northwestern entrance to the Panama Canal, is currently part of the Mesoamerican corridor of protected areas extending from the Yucatan of Mexico to Panama’s border with Colombia. The SLPA includes Fort San Lorenzo, where the Spanish initiated a water level battery in 1597, and later built a fort to protect the gold route over the isthmus at the mouth of the Chagres River. ...
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