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  2. San José, Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    San José (Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of San José Province. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San José is Costa Rica's seat of national government, focal point of political and economic activity ...

  3. Costa Rican Center of Science and Culture - Wikipedia

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    The Centro Costarricense de la Ciencia y la Cultura (Costa Rican Center of Science and Culture) is a science and culture museum complex in Costa Rica. Located in a fortress-like building that once served as the central penitentiary between 1910 and 1979, the center was inaugurated in 1994. It contains a number of important institutions ...

  4. Culture of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    Culture of Costa Rica. Costa Rica. A Diquis stone sphere in the courtyard of the National Museum of Costa Rica. Oxcart wheels, decorated in traditional style, found particularly in Sarchí. Costa Rican culture has been heavily influenced by Spanish culture ever since the Spanish colonization of the Americas including the territory which today ...

  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. Stone spheres of Costa Rica - Wikipedia

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    The stone spheres of Costa Rica are an assortment of over 300 petrospheres in Costa Rica, on the Diquís Delta and on Isla del Caño. Locally, they are also known as bolas de piedra (literally stone balls). The spheres are commonly attributed to the extinct Diquís culture, and they are sometimes referred to as the Diquís Spheres.

  7. 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 ...

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