Parque de la Merced Park, San José
Walk about the leafy Parque de la Merced and go to the extraordinary Our Lady of Mercy Church, in San José
Parque de la Merced Park
© Parque de la Merced
Parque de la Merced is also known as “Carrillo Park”, a small and leafy green core inside the centre of the city of San José.
One of its peculiarities are the different pre-Columbian stone spheres from the Diquís area.
This park is nearby to one of the city’s main attractions: the famous iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (also close to the San Juan de Dios Hospital), which gives the name of the park and its a must see church if you are walking about it. The building is a Catholic temple with a very special German Gothic architecture. Inside it, you can contemplate one of the most valuable images for the josefinos, Cristo Agonizante, a work by the artist Manuel María Zúñiga.
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Location:
Between 2nd and 4th Avenues and 12th and 14th Streets, in the Hospital District, San José.
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San José
What to see:
- Parque Metropolitano La Sabana Park
- Parque Morazán Park
- Parque Nacional Park
- Parque Diversiones Park
- Parque España Park
- Central Park
- Parque Zoológico Simón Bolívar Zoo
- Spirogyra Butterfly Garden
- Parque de la Paz Park
- Parque Okayama Park
- Parque de la Merced Park
- Mercado Central
- Mercado Borbón Market
- Casa Amarilla
- Edificio Metálico
- Universidad de Costa Rica
- Edificio Luis Ollé Building
- Former Atlantic Train Station
- Alianza Francesa
- Edificio Maroy Building
- Edificio Herdocia Building
- Biblioteca Nacional
- Iglesia de la Merced
- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Church
- Barrio Amón Neighbourhood
- Distrito Escazú District
- Teatro Nacional
- Teatro Melico Salazar Theatre
- Galería Nacional
- Teatro Auditorio Nacional
- Centro Costarricense de Ciencia y Cultura Centre
- Banco Central
- Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
- Avenida Central
- Paseo Colón
- Catedral Metropolitana Cathedral
- Plaza de la Cultura
- Plaza de la Democracia
- Bulevar Ricardo Jiménez Boulevard
- Plaza de la Libertad Electoral
- Castillo Azul
- Fuente Hispanidad Fountain
- Teatro Variedades Theatre
- Plaza Juan Mora Fernández
Museums:
- Museo del Jade
- Gold Museum
- Museo de Numismática
- Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
- Museo Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Historical Museum
- Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo
- Museo de la Comunidad Judía de Costa Rica
- TEOR/ética
- Museo de Ciencias Naturales La Salle
- Museo Rafael Obregón Loría Masonic Museum Grand Lodge
- Children´s Museum
- Museo del Arte Costarricense
- Museo Filatélico y Numismático Museum
- Museo Histórico Agrícola Santa Ana Museum
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