Panama, Portobelo,The Fuerte Santiago or Santiago fort with its many musket ports, built in 1739 to defend the bullion and galleons from pirates. Most

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Panama, Portobelo,The Fuerte Santiago or Santiago fort with its many musket ports, built in 1739 to defend the bullion and galleons from pirates. Most of the gold and silver from the Andes that was taken bij Spain, King Felipe II,went through Panama and on further to Spain by the Armada ships.

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