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Extract from the Cartago Travel Guides:
CARTAGO
, meaning "Carthage", was Costa Rica's capital for three hundred years before the centre of power was moved to San Jos in 1823. Founded in 1563 by Juan Vazquez de Coronado, like its ancient namesake the city has been razed a number of times, although in this case by
earthquakes
rather than Romans - two, in 1823 and 1910, conspired practically to demolish the place. Most of the fine nineteenth-century and fin-de-sicle buildings were destroyed, and what has grown up in their place - the usual assortment of shops and haphazard modern buildings - isn't particularly appealing. The highlight of the town is the...
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