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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Ikluft, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 SoFA District.
Downtown Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: David Sawyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
SoFA District
Neighborhood
Photo: Eric Fredericks, CC BY-SA 2.0.
SoFA is an arts, cultural, and entertainment district of Downtown San Jose, California. Home to numerous cultural institutions, art galleries, and theatre companies, including the Institute of Contemporary Art San José, the San José Opera, and the Symphony San Jose, SoFA bills itself as "Silicon Valley's Creative District".
San Jose
Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Plaza De Cesar Chavez
- Categories: plaza mayor and recreation area
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.33214° or 37° 19′ 56″ northLongitude
-121.88947° or 121° 53′ 22″ westElevation
92 feet (28 metres)Open location code
849W84J6+V6OpenStreetMap ID
way 25774716OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Plaza De Cesar Chavez” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Plaza De Cesar Chavez”
- Chinese: “凱薩·查維斯廣場”
- Hebrew: “סזאר צ’אבס”
- Spanish: “Plaza de César Chávez”
- Spanish: “Plaza de César E. Chávez”
- Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Cesar Chavez”
- Vietnamese: “Quảng trường César Chávez”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Qmunity District and Saint James Square Historic District.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Paseo de San Antonio and The Tech Interactive IMAX.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Plaza De Cesar Chavez”. Photo: XAtsukex, CC BY 3.0.