Panama will apply for the Transisthmian Colonial Route as a world heritage site
The Panamanian Government will apply to Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to recognize Panama’s Transisthmian Colonial Route as a world heritage, the Presidency of this Central American country informed today.
The Palacio de las Garzas, the seat of Government, said that the postulation would include in the first phase of the Transisthmian Colonial Route, the San Lorenzo Castle, the Camino de Cruces, the Casco Antiguo and the Archaeological Site of Panama Viejo.
He said in a press release that the postulation will seek to remove this site from the list of endangered heritage and that the restoration works in the San Lorenzo Castle and the Portobelo Customs House in the Caribbean will be inaugurated this year.
The government exalted the detGovernmentiaion when referring to the presentation by the Ministry of Culture before the Cabinet Council of the documents for the nomination.
Panama’s Minister of Culture, Giselle González, explained that the nomination of the Transisthmian Colonial Route as a world heritage seeks to open all the tourism doors to Panama with opportunities for economic progress for the communities.
Itzela Quirós, deputy national director of Cultural Heritage of the Portfolio, said that the nomination was divided into two phases: the first includes the Castle of San Lorenzo, Camino de Cruces, Casco Antiguo de Panamá, and the Archaeological Site of Panama Viejo.
The second includes Portobelo and the Camino Real, she said.
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