Caribbean Languor - Spanish Walls

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This photo exemplifies the Casco Viejo ambiance. Somewhere between slum and international treasure, with architectural influences from the Classical Spanish blended with French Balconies and Caribbean languor. It is splendid and languorous in one and the same instant. If walls could talk would this building remember the footfalls of Paul Gauguin when he walked these streets? Did he pause before this house and wonder? He did try to buy land across the bay on the island of Taboga. In 1887 when Gauguin visited here, some of the buildings in Casco Viejo were already over a hundred years old. Note that this is actually two separate buildings. The closer building has a white front, the second building has blue trim. The balconies are quite different. From the top floor of these you can see the Panama Canal.

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