Postcards from Costa Rica
When you go to Paris you have your picture taken in front of the 'Eiffel Tower'; when you go to Mumbai, you have your picture taken in front of 'Gateway of India'...so where do you have your picture taken when you are in San José, Costa Rica?
"El Teatro Nacional" (National Theater) is a nice spot! There are other places, such as the Central Post Office Building (1917), which has great historic and architectural value. (Link in Spanish).
Notice the contrast in architectures between the post office building (green) and the National Bank central building (white) in the picture below. This bank building is among the tallest ones in the city. The skyline in San José is not too high, to prevent earthquake disasters.
The 'Melico Salazar Theater' is also one of the few 'old' buildings in San José (1928):
Right across this popular theater, there's a new city landmark. Just last Sept. 30th the sculpture by contemporary artist Jiménez Deredia was unveiled. It's dedicated to Pope John Paul II and it's next to the Cathedral in the heart of the city:
The last picture of this city tour shows Fabi and his grandparents in front of the Central Park in San José:
posted by MasalaMom @ 2:45 PM
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2 What say? / Que me dicen? - Comments:
Nice pics, Costa rica is a good mix of old buildings n new tall ones as i can see in pics..
The funny thing is that our 'old' is rather new (19th and 20th century) ... and our version of 'tall' buildings....are not so tall! Actually...our biggest 'city' is just a big, big town....very homey :)
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