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  2. San José, Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity, and major transportation hub. San José is simultaneously one of Costa Rica's cantons , with its municipal land area covering 44.62 square kilometers (17.23 square miles) [ 4 ] and having within it an estimated population of 352,381 people in ...

  3. Timeline of San José, Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    1848 - Carmen District created. [citation needed] 1850 - Roman Catholic diocese of San José de Costa Rica established. [4] 1855 - Presidential Palace, Costa Rica [es] built. 1864 - Population: 8,863. [2] 1869 - Telegraph begins operating. [5] 1878 - Metropolitan Cathedral of San José and Estacion del Pacifico (rail station) [2] built.

  4. Museo Nacional de Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.museocostarica.go.cr. The Museo Nacional de Costa Rica is the national museum of Costa Rica, located in the capital of San José. It is located at Calle 17, between Central and Second Avenue, Cuesta de Moras. It moved to its current location in 1950. The museum holds the nation's treasures such as the memorial of Glory and is home ...

  5. National Theatre of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    The 1,140-seat National Theatre of Costa Rica (Spanish: Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica) is Costa Rica 's national theatre, located in the central section of San José. Construction began in 1891, and it opened to the public on 21 October 1897 with a performance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's Faust. The National Theatre stood as a cultural ...

  6. History of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    The oldest evidence of human occupation in Costa Rica is associated with the arrival of groups of hunter-gatherers about 10,000 to 19,000 years BC, with ancient archaeological evidence (stone tool making) located in the Turrialba Valley, at sites called Guardiria and Florence, with matching quarry and workshop areas with presence of type clovis spearheads and South American inspired arrows.

  7. Pre-Columbian Gold Museum - Wikipedia

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    Pre-Columbian Gold Museum. The Pre-Columbian Gold Museum (Spanish: Museo del Oro Precolombino, officially Spanish: Museo de Oro Precolombino Álvaro Vargas Echeverría) is a museum in San José, Costa Rica. It is located in a subterranean building underneath the "Plaza de la Cultura" and is owned and curated by the Banco Central de Costa Rica.

  8. Museo del Jade - Wikipedia

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    The Museo del Jade is an archaeological museum in San José, Costa Rica. Since 2014, it has been located in front of Plaza de la Democracia. It was founded in 1977 by Fidel Tristán Castro, the first president of the INS. The museum contains the world's largest collection of American jade. [1][2]

  9. La Sabana Metropolitan Park - Wikipedia

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    619,409.92 square metres (153.05952 acres) Created. 1977. Status. Open all year. Fountain and ornamental pond, with contemporary sculpture. Buildings of institutions and organizations facing the park. Park trees and football field. La Sabana Metropolitan Park (Spanish: Parque Metropolitano La Sabana) is located in downtown San José, Costa Rica.

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