Monumento nacional Guayabo

Costa Rica

Guayabo National Monument (Spanish: Monumento Nacional Guayabo), is an archaeological site near the city of Turrialba, within the Central Conservation Area in the Cartago Province, Costa Rica. It is almost directly in the center of the country on the southern slope of the Turrialba Volcano. The Nati

onal Monument covers about 2.3 square kilometres (0.89 sq mi) and is surrounded by rainforest plant vegetation causing it to be extremely vibrant green due to high precipitation and rich soils. Only a small portion of it has been unearthed, excavated, and studied.

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Nearby

Turrialba attraction · 9 km away
Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center university · 10 km away
Turrialba volcano · 10 km away