Costa Rica’s National Theater

This year Costa Rica’s National Theater located in downtown San Jose is celebrating its 117th birthday.  The National Theater was inaugurated on October 19, 1897.  The opening night featured a magnificent presentation of the opera Faust.  The sumptuous building, neoclassic in style,  is a copy of the Paris Opera House and was financed from the […]

The National Theater, “An Architectural Gem”

  Inside the National Theater, Neoclassical Architecture The National Theater,  “An Architectural Gem” The National Theater located in the heart of San Jose, Costa Rica’s capital city is an architectural gem.  It is a copy of the famous Paris Opera House.  If you are traveling to Costa Rica on vacation and are in San Jose […]