BASILICA OF SANTIAGO cream APOSTLE OF THE KNIGHTS IN COCLE

BASILICA OF SANTIAGO cream APOSTLE OF THE KNIGHTS IN COCLE

Located in the village of Nata, Cocle Province, found the Basilica of St. James, the oldest church in the Americas and the work of colonial religious architecture most historically significant that the Spanish left the Panamanians. This church is characterized by the predominance of architecture churrigueresque masonry with wooden roof and gabled roof.

history

Although there is no record of the exact date of the founding of the Church, it is believed that its construction began in 1522, after Pedro Arias Dávila, governor of Castilla de Oro placed a wooden cross on the spot where the portentous rise work, coinciding with the foundation.