Above: A Panama billboard.
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1 to 7 show views within Inside the Iglesia de San José, in the Casco Viejo (old city) of Panama City, built around 1673.
#1 the Golden Altar is at the front, a massive wooden carving covered in gold, the sole relic salvaged when privateer (pirate) Henry Morgan
looted and burned the original Panama City site 8 km. away. According to local legend, when word came of Morgan’s impending attack, a priest
attempted to disguise the altar by painting it black. The priest told Morgan that the famous altar had been stolen by another pirate, and even convinced
Morgan to donate handsomely for its replacement. Morgan is said to have told the priest, "I don’t know why, but I think you are more of a pirate than I".
#2 to #4 show wooden carvings and statues, the later two photos of statues originally on the exterior and brought inside.
#5 to #7 show a diarama of important events in Jesus life, such as his birth, his parents' wedding and presentation in the temple.
8 and 9 show buildings and cobblestone street of Casco Viejo.
10 to 13 show the Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, constructed around 1741 to accommodate a school and was later turned into a university.
The church was destroyed by a fire in 1781 and further damaged by an earthquake in 1882 and has never been rebuilt.
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