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We present properties, located in and around Heredia, Santa Barbara, San Isidro de Heredia, San Rafael de Heredia, Barva, San Jose de la Montaña and residential communities of El Tirol, and El Castllo. We have 62 + homes available... as of March 2007. To see a Home click on the " > HOME " When referencing a home, click on " > HOME " follow it ... use that page reference...
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Development of homes
on the mountain above Sarchi. Secure community with forest, stream and lake. Lots priced from $100,000. view |
History: Within less than a decade after the founding of the Spanish settlement in the Valley of Cartago, other areas in the Central Valley also began to be colonized. Among the first of these areas was the village of Barva -- less than three kilometers north of what is now the city of Heredia. The construction of churches so that the populace could comply with its religious obligations and ceremonies including weddings, baptisms, and funerals was an important criteria in the development of communities during colonial times. In 1706, the first parish church in this region was erected in Lagunilla, near the village of El Barreal, but in 1717 was moved several kilometers to the north to the site that would become the city of Heredia. It is reported that houses in outlying areas were even burned so that their occupants would move closer to the center of the developing town. Variously known throughout the colonial period as Villa Vieja or Cubujuquí, the name Heredia comes from the man who managed to obtain the title of "villa" for the newly formed settlement, don Gonzalo Fernández de Heredia. The present day church in the center of Heredia is one of the oldest in Costa Rica, dating back to 1797. With the introduction of coffee to Costa Rica, the fertile southern slopes of Barva Volcano became populated with plantations of this crop. The steep and very rainy northern slope did not become populated until much more recently.
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