{"id":938,"date":"2019-01-01T22:57:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T21:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/esp\/?p=938"},"modified":"2022-03-18T03:37:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T02:37:36","slug":"nata-de-los-caballeros-cumple-497-anos-de-su-fundacion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/2019\/01\/01\/nata-de-los-caballeros-cumple-497-anos-de-su-fundacion\/","title":{"rendered":"Nata de los Caballeros Celebrates 497 Years of its Founding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An unassuming small town in the province of Cocl\u00e9 hides a lot of fascinating history, all of which you can re-live on Monday, May 20, when the town marks the 497th anniversary of its founding with commemorative activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nat\u00e1 de los Caballeros was founded on May 20, 1522, and is the second oldest European settlement on the Pacific coast of the Americas, after Panama City. Prior to the Spanish, the territory was ruled by the cacique Anat\u00e1 and was already an important population center. In 1516, when Gaspar de Espinosa, the Mayor of Castilla de Oro, arrived, he was amazed by the formidable number of villagers his party encountered.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The town\u2019s name not only immortalizes Nat\u00e1, the cacique, but also the arrival of 100 caballeros sent by direct order of Carlos V, King of Spain. Of the noble class, the knights were tasked with maintaining dominion over the indigenous population, maintaining Spanish culture and customs and spreading the Catholic faith. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/esp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Basi%CC%81lica_menor_de_Santiago_Apo%CC%81stol_de_Nata%CC%81_de_Los_Caballeros_o_Iglesia_Parroquial_de_Nata%CC%81_foto_3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10211\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The greatest claim to fame for Nat\u00e1 de los Caballeros is its church. Considered the oldest on the continent, it was built in the 16th century. Of note is its wooden altar, with intricate carvings that syncretize indigenous and Spanish Catholic symbolism. The bell tower, which served as a military lookout for the Spanish, offers spectacular views of the surrounding countryside. Facing the church, on the town\u2019s central plaza, are four mysterious, half-buried circular stones. These were the mill stones that crushed and ground the material used in building the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/esp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Parque_de_Nata_de_los_Caballeros-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10212\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unassuming small town in the province of Cocl\u00e9 hides a lot of fascinating history, all of which you can re-live on Monday, May 20, when the town marks the 497th anniversary of its founding with commemorative activities. Nat\u00e1 de los Caballeros was founded on May 20, 1522, and is the second oldest European settlement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30],"tags":[48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4046,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions\/4046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}