Plaza Mayor

Plaza Mayor is a park in , which is located on Avenida Central and has an elevation of 1,442 metres. Plaza Mayor is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hospital Max Peralta and Diocese of Cartago in Costa Rica.

Hospital
is a hospital in . It is named after Dr. Maximiliano Peralta Jimenez who graduated from Jefferson Medical College in in 1894. It has 633 beds but often suffers from equipment shortages.

Bank
Photo: Magalhães, Public domain.
The Diocese of Cartago is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the in . The is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province covering all Costa Rica of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica.

Stadium
Photo: Cartago CR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Estadio Jose Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich is a multi-use in , named after Costa Rican footballer Fello Meza. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of C.S.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cartago and El Tejar de El Guarco.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a city in 's . It used to be the national capital before that honor went to San José and is one of the few places in the country where more than a handful colonial era buildings have survived to the present day.

Town
El Tejar is a district and the head city of the canton, in the province of . is situated 3 km southwest of Plaza Mayor.

Village
Photo: Dsolano m, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district of the canton, in the province of . is situated 6 km northeast of Plaza Mayor.

Plaza Mayor

Latitude
9.86432° or 9° 51′ 52″ north
Longitude
-83.92071° or 83° 55′ 15″ west
Elevation
1,442 metres (4,731 feet)
Operator
Municipalidad de Cartago
Open location code
66XRV37H+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25804619
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
11238154
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Satellite Map

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