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Costa Rican culture has been heavily influenced by Spanish culture ever since the Spanish colonization of the Americas including the territory which today forms Costa Rica. Parts of the country have other strong cultural influences, including the Caribbean province of Limón and the Cordillera de Talamanca which are influenced by Jamaican ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... National symbols of Costa Rica (1 C, 11 P) O. ... Costa Rican units of measurement; K. Káchabuké ...
San José (Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of San José Province.It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton.
The National Archives of Costa Rica (Spanish: Archivo Nacional de Costa Rica) is a decentralized institution of the Ministry of Culture and Youth. It is the governing body of the National Archival System, which manages Costa Rica's documentary heritage and collaborates in the control of the country's notarial activities. Its goals are to ...
In March 1824, when Costa Rica joined the United Provinces of Central America arms promulgated by the new republic's constitution became the arms of the State of Costa Rica. This coat of arms consists of a triangle, in which five volcanoes rise out of the sea symbolizing the five member states of the United Provinces; above the volcanoes is a ...
The Cultural Properties of Costa Rica (Patrimonio Cultural de Costa Rica) refer to those tangible and intangible cultural properties that by decree has been awarded the distinction of being part of the cultural heritage of Costa Rica. [1]
Free State of Costa Rica; First Costa Rican Republic; ... Costa Rica is home to four UNESCO world heritage sites. ... National Identity. National anthem;
Citizens, the sun of the free has risen radiantly to the zenith: its splendour gives us the breath to win for the Fatherland or die. I Costa Rica broke the chains that bound her to foreign power; she let loose her own flag to the wind and founded the empire of law. Liberty proclaimed enthusiastically, Liberty in order and good;