Iglesia Santo Domingo in Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama - Encircle Photos

16 Iglesia Santo Domingo in Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama

Two years after the destruction of Panamá Viejo in 1671, Antonio Fernández de Cordoba selected a peninsula extending into the bay as the new town called Panamá Nuevo or Site Ancon. The governor felt this was the best place to wall in and defend. Within five years, the church and convent of Santo Domingo was completed. Since it was destroyed by fires in 1756 and 1781, its brick shell has stood empty in the center of Casco Viejo. Iglesia Santo Domingo is most famous for the unsupported flat arch inside called Arco Chato.

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Iglesia Santo Domingo in Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama

Av. A & Calle 3a Oeste, Panamá, Panama

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