COSTA RICA
POST-OFFICE
[Av.1-3/calle 2]. Two-leveled, rectangular-based building. It was designed in 1917 by Luis Llach. It has the arched windows of ground floor and is topped by triangles in the first floor. It`s distinguished by three gated entrance, massive fronton and attic. On the first floor there is established in 1985 the Museum of Stamps with historic telegraphs and telephones (there is presented among others Penny Black - the oldest Costa Rica stamp dated back to 1863). In 1980 the building was declared the national monument. Opposite the post office is a small park shaded by massive fig trees.
SAN JOSE
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