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Landmark buildings of Liberia
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The Hermitage of Señor de la Agonía Liberia
Declared to belong to the Historical and Architectural Heritage of Costa Rica in 1999. It is located at the end of Avenida 25 de Julio. The construction was started by Don Baltasar Baldioceda in 1854 and was finished at the end of 1865. It has an adobe construction, red brick floor and tile roof. The ciboria and the rose window stand out in the pediment. In the tympanum of the facade or entrance frame, there are pilasters and attached columns.
Casa de la Cultura and Museum of the Sabanero
Casa de las Muñecas
The complex is located 300 m east and 150 m north of the Antigua Gobernación. Its name, which means “house of dolls” is because it has reliefs with dolls on the windows. It was built of bricks with a sheet metal roof, the trimmings and a kind of cornice over the windows show a neoclassical influence. The moldings on the windows and the panels are typical of the urban architecture of San José with Art Nouveau influence.
Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception of Liberia
It is located in front of the esplanade of the Central Park. The building is noteworthy for its recent construction and not following the traditional architectural patterns.
The place of worship has its own characteristics, including three peaks at the front symbolizing the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Its five peaks, if seen from east to west, represent the community united in prayer. The symbolism, from beginning to the end, shows the Christian community united with the Holy Trinity thanks to prayer, which must be free. That is why the interior of the church has no columns of any kind.
The one column located to the side is that of the bell tower, which incorporates the Immaculate Conception, with its bells and cross managing to strengthen the bond of communication between the divine and the terrestrial (Carrillo, personal communication, January 2006).
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It was declared to be of
architectural interest in 1989. It is
located 300 m south and 100 m
west of the Antigua Gobernación
and dates to 1833. It has a colonial type architecture, with bahareque construction, wood, a tile roof and a sun door. In 1986, it was designated a Casa de la Cultura.
At present, it also houses the Sabanero Museum, which seeks to preserve everything related to the life of the sabanero, the term used for the region’s cattle ranchers. The work of the laborer, the sabanero, the rancher and the cook is represented through the tools of their trade as a tribute to the functions they perform in the life of the hacienda, or ranch.