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Portobelo, Colon, Panama	Portobelo, Colon, Panama Portobelo (formerly Puerto Bello, also Porto Belo) is a port city in Colón Province, Panama.  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 was founded in 1597. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries it was an important silver-exporting port in New Granada on the Spanish Main and one of the ports on the route of the Spanish treasure fleets. Source Wikipedia
	Portobelo, Colon, Panama
Portobelo, Colon, Panama	The city was also involved in one of Captain Henry Morgan's famous adventures. In 1668, Morgan led a fleet of privateers and 450 men against Portobelo, which, in spite of its good fortifications, he captured and plundered for 14 days, stripping it of nearly all its wealth. This daring endeavour, although successful, also proved particularly brutal as it involved rape, torture, and murder on a grand scale. Here at PTY4U.com you find more photos from Panama. See also this page here on Fort San Lorenzo. Ask your travel agent for the many tours available. Here is a list of travel agents that offer tours in Panama.