8.15.2011

Travel Tales: Las Ruinas






First installment of travel tales! 
Today, August 15th, Panama City turns 490 years old. It was founded in 1519 by Pedro Arías Dávila, and it was one of the first cities to be founded along the Pacific coast. Therefore, I decided it would be a nice little tribute to post about the ruins of the first city. There are ruins left of what used to a convent, church and houses. The holes where used as leaning posts to build the high walls and protect themselves of pirates! 

The ruins today are a popular touristic attraction, but what I like best is actually the contrast between what Panama city is today (see the skyscrapers in the background) and how it started. 

The ruins are considered a Unesco World Heritage site, and after taking a class in Cultural Heritage, it was disappointing to see the terrible restoration that has been done to some of the buildings, using inadequate materials and structures that do not even resemble the original...

Nevertheless, it's one of the go-to sites in Panama City...we will continue the tour on another post! Thanks for visiting! 


Hoy15 de agosto, la ciudad de Panamá cumple 490 años de su fundación en 1519 por Pedro Arias Dávila. Fue una de las primeras ciudades que se fundaron a lo largo de la costa del Pacífico.Por lo tanto, decidí que sería un tributo hacer un post sobre las ruinas de la primera ciudadHay ruinas de lo que antes era un conventoiglesia y las casasLos agujeros que se ven en las paredes, se utilizaban para colocar los andamios, para hacer las paredes más altas y protegerse de los piratas!

Las ruinas son hoy una atracción turística popular, pero lo que más me gusta  es el contraste entre lo que es hoy la ciudad de Panamá (vean los rascacielos en el fondo) y cómo era inicialmente.

Las ruinas son consideradas por la Unesco Patrimonio de la Humanidady después de tomar una clase de Patrimonio Culturalfue decepcionante ver la restauración que se le ha hecho a algunos edificiosel uso de materiales inadecuados y construcción de estructuras que ni siquiera se parecen a los originales..

Sin embargo, es uno de los sitios que se deben ver en la ciudad de Panamá ... seguimos con el tour en otro post! Gracias por visitar!

11 comments:

  1. wow, stunning photos and location!

    natalie
    http://lucyandtherunaways.blogspot.com

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  2. You have beautiful pictures. I'm excited to get to see bits of the world through your travel tales, too. (:

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  3. So exciting! Pirates! :)
    I love the skyscrapers in the background, such a great contrast.

    As far as I know restoring work must be done in a different material, so that visitors see which part is the original and which part isn't. It annoys me too though! :)

    Oh, and thanks for entering my giveaway! :)

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  4. I've always loved something that shows our heritage. I'd love to someday visit those ruins :)

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  5. It looks beautiful! Waiting for the rest of the pics! :)

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  6. I love ruins! I live in Arizona so the amount of ghosts towns that are scattered among the deserts are pretty impressive. I love them!

    I also love how the sky scrapers are in the background- and 490? That's impressive :)

    Can't wait to read more of these travel tales- xx

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  7. I love ruins! I live in Arizona so the amount of ghosts towns that are scattered among the deserts are pretty impressive. I love them!

    I also love how the sky scrapers are in the background- and 490? That's impressive :)

    Can't wait to read more of these travel tales- xx

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  8. Loving the contrast! I've never been to the area. :)

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  9. Ohmygosh I love places like this one!!! More than just amazing!

    xoxo

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  10. lovely photos, happy birhday Panama! ;) btw, im so in love with your shocking pink zara blazer!

    thatmeltingcheese.blogspot.com

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  11. What a beautiful tribute
    It looks like such a beautiful place to go and visit and all the more so now I know the history behind it. It's a really devastating thing when people put so much into building brand spanking new sky scrapers and shopping malls but the restoration of the foundations such as these gets overlooked.

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