🔍 Former Admin Building | Sanatorio Durán 🏚️
📍 Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
💬 Built in 1918 on the slopes of Irazú Volcano, the Sanatorio Durán was the only tuberculosis treatment facility in all of Central America — and today it’s considered one of the most haunted buildings in Costa Rica.
Architecture
Former Admin Building | Sanatorio Durán
Basic ID
Name / Title
Former Administration Building — Sanatorio Durán
Location
Oreamuno, Cartago, Costa Rica
Type
Building
Design & Structure
Architect / Designer
Unknown
Architectural Style
Early 20th Century Institutional / Neo-Colonial
Height
Unknown
Material(s)
Concrete, wood, masonry
Uses
Former administrative headquarters of a tuberculosis sanatorium; currently a heritage tourism site
Origin & History
Year of Completion
1918
Historical / Cultural Significance
Part of the only TB sanatorium in Central America, founded by Dr. Carlos Durán Cartín; declared Costa Rican Cultural Heritage in 2014
UNESCO / Heritage Status
Costa Rican National Heritage Site (Decreto 2014)
Sources: UNESCO World Heritage · Structurae