An historical archeological excavation is being done in the proper installations of the
Costa Rica National Museum, former Bellavista Quarter. With the recent re-modeling works done in the
Costa Rica National Museum, the excavation machinery discovered one of the underground tunnels that go through the whole former quarter. For July 30, there was another discovery of a new brick structure related to the tunnel but it hasn’t been identified yet.
The tunnel was discovered by the machinery and almost immediately the museum archeologists started a rescue excavation in which there were some findings of different artifacts associated with the quarter. These artifacts are pieces of wood that appear to carbine handles, munitions, fine tile, china for domestic use, t-shirt bottoms that can be part of the army soldier’s uniforms.
An interesting finding is the discovery of a structure that could be a small storage room or a jail cell. It is located on the west side of the beginning of the tunnel.
According to Ronald Quesada, architect in charge of the remodeling work in the
Costa Rica National Museum, in previous investigations, some of the museum plans (elaborated by Jose Maria Barrantes, architect who designed the Bellavista Quarter), gave faith that the tunnels existed. However, this hasn’t been proved until now, even with the existence of data that some of those tunnels were sealed when the building became
Costa Rica National Museum.
According to Myrna Rojas, Chief of the History and Anthropology Department,
the objective of the excavation in the Costa Rica National Museum was to verify the condition of the tunnel and get some meters under the main patio of the museum to obtain details of the construction.
Quesada assured that the idea is to preserve a space of that structure for the public that goes to the
Costa Rica National Museum. So, these people can have an idea of how the structure is.
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