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Jesús Jiménez's House

           
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According to the General law of Public Administration. Law No. 5397 from November 8, 1973 and considering:

1. The celebrated ex-president of the Republic, Dr. Jesús Jiménez Zamora was the father of Free and Obligatory Education of the Nation.

2. Through decree XLVIII of July 24, 1886 he was declared a symbol of the nation.

3. The house located in the place where this celebrated citizen and ex-president of the nation was born, possesses a great value for the cultural patrimony of the country, and is in perfect shape.
Therefore it is decreed:

Art. 1: Declare the house located in the place where the ex-president of the Republic Dr. Jesús Jiménez Zamora was born, a relic of historical and architectonical interest. Sited in the city of Cartago, Streets 4-6, 3rd Avenue, north of the Capuchinos Chapel.

Art.2: This decree prohibits any remodeling or demolition, total or partial, of this site.

Art.3: The State University From a Distance (UNED), will be able to continue with regular courses for indefinite time through the Cartago Academic Center, as long as the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports doesn’t need it for another purpose.

Art.4: The Cartago Social and Cultural Association (ASCAR) is in charge of the maintenance, alongside with the UNED that will sign an agreement with the Ministry in this sense. Any restoration or remodeling must be done under the advice of the Department of Patrimony of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.

Art.5: This decree abolishes the Decree No. 15956-C of December 19, 1984.

Art.6: It shall be put in effect as soon as published.

Given in the Presidency of the Republic – San Jose, on the twelfth day of the month of March of nineteen eighty-five.

Location: 3rd Avenue, street 4-6

Information: taken from the book "Atractivos Turísticos - Culturales. Parques y Monumentos del Gran Area Metropolitana" to Flora Matilde Vargas Bogarín.
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