COSTA RICA
CHURCH IN GRECIA
Gracia. It was founded in 1864 and got the municipal rights in 1903. The main historical building of that is a metalic church of las Mercedes. The individual sectors of that were imported from Europe in 1897. It has two twin spires. Inside a few white sculptures, glassy candelabres, stained-glass windows, white arched wooden ceiling and marble altar are distinguished. In historic time, on that place stood another church, that was destroyed due to the earthquake. According to the inhabitants, the metallic elements of current church, packed in large boxes were sent by mistake to Costa Rica. They say that its primary pdestination point was to be european Greece.
The church is fronted by park of Abraham Rodriquez with tall palms and mango trees. In the middle of that there are domed kiosko, fountain and obelisc erected to commemorate the town`s foundation. There is a municipal museum in the House of Culture with over a million species of insects on display. It traces also the development of the area during the last 200 years. In the vicinity coffee, sugar canes and pineapple plantations dominate. (Thanks to the latter ones, Grecia used to be called "the pineapple capital of Costa Rica". Besides Grecia is considered to be the one of the cleanest Latin America towns.
PROVINCE OF ALAJUELA
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