This building is located 11 miles away from Irazú Volcano, in a place called Prusia. This place is characterized by fog and cold weather.

It owes its name to the surgeon that created this center, Dr. Carlos Duran Cartin. He was Costa Rica’s president for a short period (1889-1980), during this time he founded this Sanatorium and Chapui Asylum, that was used for mentally ill people.

Duran’s Sanatorium was built in 1915. Due to its location, it was the ideal place to shelter people that suffered tuberculosis. In fact the place had all the services as in a hospital, and it provided 300 beds.

It seems that around the year 1963 the center stopped working, since the epidemic had ceased and all the sick people left could be treated in regular hospitals. Years later, by Justice Department order, the center was used as a jail. But some Irazu’s Volcano eruptions made damages on the property and it got closed in 1973.

Nowadays National UPA is in charge of keeping the place. They make some agriculture researches in the rear area of the building. The place also rents a property to develop seminars or meetings. It can hold 12e people. It has rooms, bathrooms, and other useful rooms.


How to get there?
11 miles before Irazu Volcano, take left route and straight to Prusia
Entrance: ¢500.
It opens from Monday to Sunday from 8 to 4
If you need more information call 2240- 3016