Museo de Arte Religioso Colonial

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  • Address
    Iglesia y Convento de Santo Domingo, cnr Av A & Calle 3, Casco Viejo
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  • Phone
    228 2897

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Housed beside the ruins of the Iglesia y Convento de Santo Domingo, this art museum has a collection of colonial-era religious artifacts, some dating from the 16th century. Just inside the doorway of the ruins is the Arco Chato, a long arch that had stood here, unsupported, for centuries.

The Arco Chato reportedly played a part in the selection of Panama over Nicaragua as the site for the canal since its survival was taken as proof that the area was not subject to earthquakes. Sadly, it collapsed in 2003.