Fodor's Expert Review Parque Central

Downtown Plaza/Square

At the city's nucleus, the tree-shaded Central Park is more plaza than park. A life-size bronze statue of a street sweeper (El Barrendero) cleans up some bronze litter; look also for Armonía (Harmony), a sculpture of three street musicians. In the center of the one-square-block park is a spiderlike gazebo donated by onetime Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza.

Plaza/Square

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Bordered by Avdas. 2–4 and Cs. 2–Ctl.
San José, San José  10104, Costa Rica

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