Summit park
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Summit Park
SUMMIT "What does it mean?
It was the name of the train station.
"Summit" means Summit or highest point. It was the season in the highest elevation point on the route betweenPanama and Colon, the continental divide between the Pacific and the Atlantic, the line of Gold Hill, located behind the Cerro de Oro, because the banks of the Canal were very unstable, subject slipIMPORTANCE OF SUMMIT
This magical place has been important in the Introduction, experimental cultivation and redistribution of economic plants and ornamental. For example: mangotín, Teak from Burma(now Myanmar), sugar, coffee, rubber from Brazil, bamboo, Astromelia, palm trees, medicinal plants against malaria, leprosy, agribusiness general Ha Herbarium served in the collection of native floraand of course, a primary role has been in the landscaping. This Park and Botanic Garden have left many of the plants that beautify the city. Summit is a unique garden. Now the area of the Canal isconsidered a Cultural Landscape in Peril, the integrated urban complex nature.
Location;
Summit Municipal Park is located in the Municipality of Panama, of Ancon, km. 18 Gaillard roads leading to thetown of Gamboa.
History;
it was created in 1923 by the former Panama Canal Company, as the experimental farm Summit, to test the adaptation of plant species from around the world to the tropicalclimate of Panama.
Some of the animals found in Summit are endangered and many of them were born in captivity. Among the species of animals that can be found in the park, we can mention tapirs,alligators, foxes, doves, ocelots, pumas, wild boar, agoutis, countrywomen, monkeys, ocelots, parrots, jaguars, macaws, seagull, cat alone herons, geese, coyotes, owls, stifle, squirrels, among others.As part of the park's attractions are child’s play areas, ranch for meetings, hiking trails, a screening room, a small museum of stuffed animals and the Interactive Center of the Harpy Eagle,...
SUMMIT "What does it mean?
It was the name of the train station.
"Summit" means Summit or highest point. It was the season in the highest elevation point on the route betweenPanama and Colon, the continental divide between the Pacific and the Atlantic, the line of Gold Hill, located behind the Cerro de Oro, because the banks of the Canal were very unstable, subject slipIMPORTANCE OF SUMMIT
This magical place has been important in the Introduction, experimental cultivation and redistribution of economic plants and ornamental. For example: mangotín, Teak from Burma(now Myanmar), sugar, coffee, rubber from Brazil, bamboo, Astromelia, palm trees, medicinal plants against malaria, leprosy, agribusiness general Ha Herbarium served in the collection of native floraand of course, a primary role has been in the landscaping. This Park and Botanic Garden have left many of the plants that beautify the city. Summit is a unique garden. Now the area of the Canal isconsidered a Cultural Landscape in Peril, the integrated urban complex nature.
Location;
Summit Municipal Park is located in the Municipality of Panama, of Ancon, km. 18 Gaillard roads leading to thetown of Gamboa.
History;
it was created in 1923 by the former Panama Canal Company, as the experimental farm Summit, to test the adaptation of plant species from around the world to the tropicalclimate of Panama.
Some of the animals found in Summit are endangered and many of them were born in captivity. Among the species of animals that can be found in the park, we can mention tapirs,alligators, foxes, doves, ocelots, pumas, wild boar, agoutis, countrywomen, monkeys, ocelots, parrots, jaguars, macaws, seagull, cat alone herons, geese, coyotes, owls, stifle, squirrels, among others.As part of the park's attractions are child’s play areas, ranch for meetings, hiking trails, a screening room, a small museum of stuffed animals and the Interactive Center of the Harpy Eagle,...
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