Monumento Piedra Grande
Monumento Piedra Grande is a monument in San Rafael, Heredia Province which is located on Avenida 35. Monumento Piedra Grande is situated nearby to the park Parque Central de San Rafael, as well as near the food court Soda La Esquina del Sabor.- Type: Monument
- Address: Avenida 35, San Rafael
- Inscription: “Fundación 28 de mayo de 1885.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museo de Cultura Popular and Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium.
Museo de Cultura Popular
Museum
Photo: Rquesada, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Museo de Cultura Popular is a museum in the district of Santa Lucía, just south of Barva, Costa Rica. It is located in the former home of ex-president Alfredo González Flores. Museo de Cultura Popular is situated 1½ km west of Monumento Piedra Grande.
Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium
Photo: Alofaga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero was a multi-purpose stadium in Heredia, Costa Rica. The stadium held 8,700 people and opened in 1949. It was mostly used for football matches and was the home stadium of Herediano. Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium is situated 3 km southwest of Monumento Piedra Grande.
Parroquia San Bartolomé Apóstol
Church
Photo: Tillor87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Parroquia San Bartolomé Apóstol, is a church in Barva, Heredia, Costa Rica. The first church was established between 1568 and 1575, and dedicated to Saint Bartholomew; it is rumored to have been built on an indigenous burial ground. Parroquia San Bartolomé Apóstol is situated 2½ km west of Monumento Piedra Grande.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heredia and Barva.
Heredia
Photo: Rquesada, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Heredia region of the Central Valley of Costa Rica offers much for the visitor in downtown Heredia, and in many of the towns around Heredia, particularly in the north mountains, like Barva, San Rafael, San Isidro, where there are many coffee plantations and fresh air year round.
Barva
Town
Photo: Tillor87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barva is a district of the Barva canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. The city is known for having a nice mix of rural and metropolitan landscape. Barva is situated 3 km west of Monumento Piedra Grande.
San José de la Montaña District
Village
Photo: Victor Quirós A, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San José de la Montaña is a district of the Barva canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. San José de la Montaña District is situated 5 km north of Monumento Piedra Grande.
Monumento Piedra Grande
- Category: historic site
- Location: San Rafael, Heredia Province, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
10.01496° or 10° 0′ 54″ northLongitude
-84.09982° or 84° 5′ 59″ westOpen location code
762Q2W72+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 550793986OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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