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Portobelo (Modern Spanish: "Puerto Bello" ("beautiful port"), historically in Portuguese: Porto Belo) is a historic port and corregimiento in Portobelo District, Colón Province, Panama. Located on the northern part of the Isthmus of Panama , it is 32 km (20 mi) northeast of the modern port of Colón now at the Atlantic entrance to ...
Explore Portobelo in Colon, home to the UNESCO-listed Congo Culture. Visit the Portobelo Bay and the legendary Spanish forts.
Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo. Magnificent examples of 17th- and 18th-century military architecture, these Panamanian forts on the Caribbean coast form part of the defence system built by the Spanish Crown to protect transatlantic trade.
Portobelo is a historic port city on the Caribbean coast of Panama, known for its silver trading, fortifications and religious festivals. Learn about its past, its culture and its natural beauty, and how to visit safely and enjoyably.
Portobelo. Panama, Central America. This Caribbean fishing village is so laid-back and languorous, it's hard to imagine it was once the greatest Spanish port in Central America. Mules carried Peruvian gold and Oriental treasures to Panama City via the fortresses at Portobelo. Though English privateers destroyed them many times throughout their ...