Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo
Chagres, once the chief Atlantic port on the isthmus of Panama, is now an abandoned village at the historical site of Fort San Lorenzo. The fort's ruins and the village site are located about 8 miles west of Colón, on a promontory overlooking the mouth of the Chagres River.
- Type: Ruin
- Description: fort in Panama
- Also known as: “Castillo San Lorenzo de Chagres”, “Fuerte San Lorenzo”, “სან ლორენსოს ციხესიმაგრე”, and “サン・ロレンゾ砦”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pina and Fort Sherman.
Pina
Village
Piña is a corregimiento in Chagres District… Pina is situated 7 km southwest of Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo.
Fort Sherman
Hamlet
Fort Sherman is a former United States Army base… Fort Sherman is situated 7 km northeast of Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo.
Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo
- Categories: fort, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Corregimiento Cristóbal, Colón District, Colon, Panama, Central America, North America
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Latitude
9.32249° or 9° 19′ 21″ north
Longitude
-80.00241° or 80° 0′ 9″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
66XX8XCX+X2
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Chagres and Fort San Lorenzo” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fort de San Lorenzo”
- Chinese: “圣洛伦索”
- Chinese: “聖洛倫索”
- Croatian: “San Lorenzo”
- Danish: “San Lorenzo”
- Dutch: “Fort San Lorenzo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سان لورينزو”
- Estonian: “Püha Laurentiuse kindlus”
- French: “Chagres et Fort San Lorenzo”
- Georgian: “სან-ლორენსოს ციხესიმაგრე”
- Hebrew: “מצודת סן לורנסו”
- Italian: “Forte San Lorenzo”
- Japanese: “シャグレとサン・ロレンソ砦”
- Russian: “Сан-Лоренсо (форт)”
- Russian: “Сан-Лоренсо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “San Lorenzo (Panama)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “San Lorenzo”
- Slovenian: “Utrdba San Lorenzo”
- Spanish: “Castillo de San Lorenzo”
- Spanish: “Fuerte de San Lorenzo”
- Turkish: “Chagres ve San Lorenzo Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Сан-Лоренсо (Панама)”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Сан-Лоренсо”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: San Lorenzo and La Unión.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Río Lajas and Río Buena Vista.
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