Important Ruins and Other Tourist Attractions
- Church and Convent of Capuchins
- Cathedral of San José
- La Merced Church
- La Recolección Architectural Complex
- Ruins of old San José
- Old weapons Museum
- Church School of Christ
- San Francisco Church
- Santo Domingo Monastery
- Hermano Pedro's Hospital
- Museum of the Old Book (El Libro Antiguo)
- Museum of Colonial Art, in the former San Carlos University Building
- The Jade museum
- Casa del Turista
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