Calles y callejones históricos del Casco Antiguo de la ciudad de Santiago de Veraguas

Abstract

Product of a deep investigation, of different times in the history of the city of Santiago de Veraguas, this scientific article has been elaborated where the creation, evolution and development of the different streets and alleys that make up the road system from Colonial times to the present of the Old Town of the City of Santiago de Veraguas. The type of streets, their function, the era where they were created and the different names by which they are known are classified in this article.

In this article these communication systems will be detailed, taking into account that every city develops as a product of different factors and elements, both physical, constructive, geographic, social, cultural and historical, that directly affect them, be it a product of a moment or specific planning at a certain time. In the specific case of the city of Santiago de Veraguas, its model was created under the urban theory of the Roman grid-like checkerboard cities. With the classic elements of a Renaissance city and with the elements of the classic towns that were created in the Colonial era in America. When we talk about the Old Town of the City of Santiago de Veraguas, we refer to the second Spanish settlement in the area, named by the researcher Mario Molina (2013), in his book Veragua, Tierra de Colón and Urracà, as Santiago La Nueva and, according to Molina himself, located his transfer from the town of Santiago La Vieja (founded on October 23, 1621), to its current position in 1636.