Génesis de una propiedad del Patrimonio Mundial: El Mar del Sur y el "Sitio Arqueológico de Panamá Viejo y Distrito Histórico de Panamá"KattiOsorioauthorThe city of Panama was born from the need of the Spanish empire to found a port city that served as a base for Spanish expansion in the New World, following the European discovery of the South Sea by the expedition led by Vasco Núñez de Balboa. Both events, the sighting of the South Sea by the Europeans in 1513 and the founding of the city of Panama in 1519 are inseparable facts. The geopolitical importance of the city of Panama was worth its transfer to the so-called "Site of the Ancon" in 1673, after the tragedy of the pirate invasion that burned it in 1671. The relation between the city of Panama and the South Sea determined its form and function in both seats, as a terminal city of strategic routes of maritime and transistmic transit from the sixteenth century to the present day, favored cultural and technological exchange. This circumstances gave rise to unique characteristics that the countries reunited under the UNESCO World Heritage Convention recognized as of exceptional universal value. For these reasons, the property now called "Archaeological Site of Old Panama and Historic District of Panama", is recognized as an inheritance of all human beings. The Old Town of Panama City was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997; The Panama Viejo Archaeological Site was added as an extension of that initial inscription in 2003. Thus, the exceptional importance of Panama, founded along the South Sea, transcended the regional and became world-wide.03. Sites archéologiques04. Ensembles architecturaux06. Paysages culturels07. Itinéraires culturels11. Paysages historiques12. Villes et villages historiques14. Paysage urbain historique24. Personnalités importantes (patrimoine lié à des)28. Patrimoine Mondial07. Education03. Liste du Patrimoine Mondial01. Amériques2016Editorial Universitaria Carlos Manuel GasteazoroChapitre de livres