Plaza De Cesar Chavez

The Plaza de César Chávez is an urban plaza and park in Downtown San Jose, California. The plaza's origins date to 1797 as the plaza mayor of the Spanish Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, making it the oldest public space in Northern California.

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Type: Park
Description: urban plaza and park in downtown San Jose, California, United States
Also known as: “Cesar Chavez Plaza”, “City Plaza”, “Market Plaza”, “Plaza de Cesar Chavez”, “Plaza de César Chávez”, “Plaza de Cesar E. Chavez”, “Plaza de César E. Chávez”, “Plaza Park”, “Pueblo Plaza”, and “The Plaza”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Tech Interactive and Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph.

The Tech Interactive

Museum

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The Tech Interactive is a science and technology center that offers hands-on activities, labs, design challenges and other STEAM education resources. It is located in downtown San Jose, California, adjacent to the Plaza de César Chávez.

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph

Church

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The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph is a historic Catholic church in Downtown San Jose that serves as the cathedral for the Diocese of San José in California, with the distinction of minor basilica.

Circle of Palms Plaza

Park

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The Circle of Palms Plaza is located in downtown San Jose, California. It is composed of a ring of palm trees encircling a California State Seal, and designates the California Historical Marker 461, the site of California's first state capital from 1849 to 1851.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Historic District and San Jose.

Downtown Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Downtown Historic District of San Jose, California is a designated U.S. Historic District area of the city roughly the size of one square block. It is bounded by S.

San Jose

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Often called "the capital of Silicon Valley", San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area, 3rd largest in California, and the 12th largest city in the United States, with a population of over 997,000 residents as of 2024.