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The typical Panamanian village model (featuring Spanish architecture) was the first part of the complex constructed. It is located on the right side of the road (entering from Avenida de los Martires or Avenue of the Martyrs, formerly 4th of July Avenue).

Mi Pueblito represents elements of a typical Panamanian village in the interior parts of the country. The fountain marks the site where the people in the nearby village (Panama City) got their water up to the turn of the 20th Century. Part of buildings in upper left background are in Cable Heights section of Ancon (adjacent to Quarry Heights). [Photo by WHO 2002]

Located in this building are small shops, a barber shop, a typical classroom of schools in the interior, and a museum displaying the colorful pollera dress, a national costume, including its history. [Photo by WHO, 2002]

For photos on polleras at the museum, go to Dino's Panama photos (Album 64) at http://www.chagres.com/Photos-64.html.

The building in the center background houses a kitchen with a traditional clay oven, which are still used in many villages in the interior parts of the country. To the right is a replica of the office of a town's mayor and an old telegraph office. [Photo by WHO, 2002]

Colonial church-- Replica of an old Spanish colonial church (in center background), as seen in many parts of the interior of Panama, has seen many weddings in the past few years. Restaurant (right background) overlooks Avenue of the Martyrs. [Photo by WHO, 2002]

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