by cfran2984 | Jul 27, 2021 | PLACE OF INTEREST
Did you know? With buildings dating from 1534, a tour of the churches with museums in Quito in its old town, resembles going back to the time when Catholicism was the most important force – religious or not – in Ecuador. The city skyline is adorned with colorful...
by cfran2984 | Jul 27, 2021 | PLACE OF INTEREST
Did you know? La Ronda is also a street that takes us to our indigenous past, and in those ancient times it was not called La Ronda, as the Spaniards named it or as we know it today, but it is assumed that its original name was that of “El Chaquiñán”, a term that is...
by cfran2984 | Jul 27, 2021 | PLACE OF INTEREST
Did you know? The name is due to a promise of the priest Julio María Matovelle to overthrow the dictator of the Republic, Ignacio de Veintemilla. According to historian Enrique Ayala Mora, Matovelle and the Restauradores, a political movement opposed to Veintemilla,...
by cfran2984 | Jul 27, 2021 | PLACE OF INTEREST
Did you know? The globe represents the world and above it is the snake, which represents the sin that Eve committed The base of the monument measures eleven meters and thirty meters the image of the Blessed Virgin Upon entering the monument visitors are at 3016...
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