Attractions
National Theater
This 1897 palace was recently considered by Mexico's President Vicente Fox more beautiful than any existing building in Mexico. Admire the nineteen Century Italian paintings the gold finishing and marble statues. At the same time attend at night the opera, theater or musical shows of international and famous performers.
Official Site: http://www.teatronacional.go.cr
Pre-Columbian Gold Museum
Will bring us back to a golden past while we discover the more than 1600 pieces representing marvelous animals and geometrical forms that have been made by mastered aborigine artisans.
Official Site: http://www.museosdelbancocentral.org
National Museum
The National Museum is located in San José, capital of Costa Rica, Street 17, between Central and Second Avenues, on Cuesta de Moras, to the east side of Plaza de la Democracia. Devices of ceramics, stone and jade relate the history that does 12 000 years began to write.
Official Site: http://www.museocostarica.go.cr/index.php?lang=en_EN
Jade Museum
Jade Museum, the world's largest collection of pre – Colombian jade and the only museum of its kind in the American continent, that display more than 6,000 pieces, of jade, clay, stone and gold artifacts, dating primarily from 300 BC to AD 700.
Official Site: http://portal.ins-cr.com/Social/MuseoJade
Also see:
- National Theater – adjacent
- Plaza de la Cultura – adjacent
- Omni Mall – 1 block
- Gold Museum – adjacent
- Jade Museum – 3 block
- Central Park – 2 block
- Metropolitan Cathedral – 2 block
- Melico Salazar Theater - 1 block