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Landmark buildings of Liberia
La Comandancia
Declared and incorporated into the Historical and Architectural Heritage of Costa Rica in 1998.
It is located 150 m northwest of the church of the Immaculate Conception Parish. The construction of the barracks began in 1932 and was completed in 1940; it was built with concrete and designed to house troops.
It is characterized by a military style typical of barracks and prisons, with a nod to medieval or fortified architecture, with towers and battlements, not to mention neoclassical elements such as cornices and pilasters with semicircular frames at the entrances.
It has a deep well to supply water, with a division where ammunition and weapons were kept, and four strongpoints in the upper part.
In 1990 it passed out of the hands of the police due to an initiative by the Friends of the Museum Association to develop a Regional Museum that would function as an amphitheater of Guanacaste culture.
The Mario Cañas Ruiz Park Kiosk
Declared to belong to the Architec- tural Heritage of Costa Rica in 2004. Located in the Central Park, it is an element of great cultural value not only for its construction, but also as an amphitheater for the exhibitions by bands and everything related to folklore.
The Sabanero Monument
Located on Avenida 25 de Julio, this monument represents the sabanero, a key character of the plains of Guanacaste, highlighting the cultural heritage of the city of Liberia.
Carrillo
Casa de la Cultura
The Casa de la Cultura of Filadelfia de Carrillo, built in the mid-nine- teenth century, is a sample of the vernacular architecture of bahare- que and wood and is one of the few of its kind still standing in the community. The building, due to its age, construction system and the importance of the different uses it has had throughout the history of the town, has heritage value for the community. Declared and incor- porated to the Historical and Architectural Heritage of Costa Rica, according to Executive Decree No. 28698-C, published in La Gaceta No. 117 of June 19, 2000, of State character. Property of the Munici- pality of Carrillo.
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