San Joaquín de Flores

San Joaquín de Flores is located in Heredia province, in Costa Rica. The saint who represents San Joaquin de Flores is Saint Joachim, Mary's father. The town is the birth place of singer Chavela Vargas.

Important buildings

San Joaquin Church

There are a lot of buildings in San Joaquin like restaurants, private schools and high schools, all kind of business buildings and more but here are the most notable buildings.^{[citation needed]}

Church

San Joaquin church was built one hundred years ago. In 1880 approximately. Every single rock that is part of the church was carried from Cartago by cart. Many years ago some families of San Joaquin donated the statues that today decorate the gardens of the church. The Spanish painter Jose Claro painted the images inside the church. It has also a cavern with Lourdes Virgin and armchairs made of stone to set down and contemplate the beautiful flowers in the gardens.

Public schools

• The School: The official San Joaquin primary school is Escuela Estados Unidos de America

San Joaquin Library

History
Inauguration	March, 1972
First Librarian	Ronald Viquez Arias
Schedule
Monday to Friday	From 10am to 6pm

• The High Schools: Liceo Regional de Flores and Colegio Tecnico are the two public high schools located in San Joaquin.

Library

There is a library in San Joaquin, there you can find all kinds of books and newspaper articles, even if they are very old. You can borrow books from there and take them to your house for some days, to do that you have to have a specific Identity card, but do not worried because you can have one by asking the librarian.

Clinic

Also in San Joaquin there is a small clinic. It is a good thing for the people who live there, because they do not have to go to the hospital if they have an emergency during the day, and it helps the hospitals too, because there won't be so many people in on place when there is an emergency.

Banks

• National Bank: There is a National Bank branch in San Joaquin.

• Costa Rica Bank: There is also a Costa Rica Bank branch in San Joaquin.

Sunday

Plaza Llorente San Joaquin

On Sundays in San Joaquin you could see a lot of people walking and taking ice creams around the square with their children. Sometimes there are soccer games there so the families go to see the game, setting on the sidewalk. Also the square is the place where all the teenagers see each others on Sunday nights and from there each group of friends take its road to wherever they want, some of them stay in the square all night and part of the early morning, just talking and laughing.

References

• San Joaquin page
• Costa Rica Map
• San Joaquin Library History
• Division of San Joaquin