Guaitil

Guaitil is a village in Diriá District, Santa Cruz Canton, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. It lies along the old route between Santa Cruz and Nicoya.[1] The town is famous for its pottery in the pre-Columbian Chorotega style.[2] Potters using local clays and the same tools and techniques of their indigenous ancestors[1] produce ceramics for local use and the tourist trade in reds, creams and blacks.[2]

Guaitil

Guaytil
village
Guaitil
Location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10°16′03″N 85°30′40″W
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceGuanacaste
CantonSanta Cruz
DistrictDiriá

Notes

  1. Salguero, Miguel (2007) Caminos y veredas de Costa Rica: Pueblos y geografías EUNED, Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San José, Costa Rica, page 241, ISBN 978-9968-31-531-9
  2. Firestone, Matthew D.; Miranda, Carolina A. and Soriano, César G. (2010) Costa Rica (9th edition) Lonely Planet, Footscray, Victoria, Australia, page 276, ISBN 978-1-74179-474-8


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