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 | |
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village | |
  Guaitil Location in Costa Rica | |
| Coordinates: 10°16′03″N 85°30′40″W / 10.26750°N 85.51111°W | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Province | Guanacaste |
| Canton | Santa Cruz |
| District | Diriá |
Notes edit
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b 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
External links edit
- "Guaitil Map – Satellite Images of Guaitil" Maplandia
- "Chorotega Indigenous Pottery and Ceramics Tour" Discovery Travel World, photographs for Guaitil pottery
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