The municipality of Catarina is a set of clean and orderly streets that reveal the sense of local aesthetics, industriousness and creativity of its inhabitants. Indulging the senses as you walk down the central street while discovering the nurseries, handicrafts and wood or bamboo workshops, is something that you should not stop doing.
Parish Church of Santa Catalina de Alejandría. This temple was built at the beginning of the 1954th century, with a sober and simple façade in a popular baroque style, it is the center of the municipality's patron saint celebrations. Due to its historical value, it was declared a National Monument in XNUMX.
Entrance to the municipality of Catarina
There are still some old houses that are part of history.
You will also find a "San Isidro" coffee mill preserved by the new generations, it worked from 1950 to 1980.
Urban tourism
The Village of the crafts of the white towns: Arriving at the municipality, on the road that leads to Rivas, is this complex where you can buy the varied crafts of the area (clay, wood, textile), the curious hanging flower pots in the shape of birds made with recycled tires, ornamental plants or fruit trees and a gastronomy that satisfies different palates.
Sale of handicrafts
Through the center of the city while you walk with tranquility and safety, you will be able to observe the plants that adorn the fronts of the houses, seasonal fruits and the varied crafts that characterize the municipality with their color.
Benjamin Zeledón Monument: It is a recognition of the historical and patriotic feat of this national hero, more than 100 years after his transition to immortality, the people remember and celebrate him. For this reason, he wants to share his story with all the visitors in the municipality of Catarina, where his grave is also found, although his remains were transferred by his relatives to La Concordia, Jinotega.
Once in the center of town, you can know the Municipal park, while you observe the population in their day to day or some cultural activity that normally takes place on this site.
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