Parque Morazán is one of the city's principal green spaces, named after the Central American federalist general Francisco Morazán. Its central feature is the Templo de la Música, a circular neoclassical bandstand built in 1895 that appears on postcards and in paintings throughout the country. The park is full of shade trees and benches occupied by office workers at lunchtime and families in the evenings.
The neighbourhood immediately around the park — part of the broader Barrio Amón area — contains some of San José's finest Victorian and Art Nouveau mansions from the coffee-boom era. A slow walk through the streets north of the park is a good introduction to the city's architectural heritage.