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Monumento Nacional Guayabo

La chaîne d'Authentique Costa Rica

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The Guayabo National Monument is located northwest of the city of Turrialba, in the District of Santa Teresita, in the canton of Turrialba, province of Cartago. Approximately 20 hectares of protected area including the archaeological site, which consists of a set of rock complexes - river rocks -, pre-Hispanic architectural structures that were built over a period of time that is between the year 1000 BCE and 1400 CE; for a prolonged occupation of approximately 2,400 years.

Within its 233 hectares, this wild region has an altitude range between 990 and 1300 meters and the average annual temperature reaches 24 ° C.

The Guayabo National Monument holds the designation of World Heritage Site of Civil Engineering, a title awarded by the American Society of Civil Engineers, one of the most prestigious entities in the world in this field. This designation recognizes the achievements and engineering techniques carried out by the first inhabitants of the Guayabo National Monument and which have persisted over time.

The first reports of the archaeological site were made in 1886 by the naturalist Anastasio Alfaro. In 1964, the Institute of Lands and Colonization bought the part of the Guava Hacienda and declared it a Municipal Park.

Later in the period 1968-1973, the archaeologist Carlos Aguilar Piedra, professor at the University of Costa Rica, began the first scientific investigations and declared it a national monument by Law No. 5300 of August 13, 1973, with the aim of protecting the archaeological site discovered, as a representative sample of the archaeological heritage of Costa Rica. The excavated area reaches to date approximately 4 ha, out of a total of 16 ha.

Opening hours:

Every day from 08:00 to 15:30, including public holidays.

Admission rate:

$5 non-resident visitors over 13 years old.

$5 children (2-12 years)

Contact

00506 8368 7033

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