Capilla del Hombre Parque Metropolitano

Parque Metropolitano Guanguiltagua is the largest urban park in South America at 1,376 acres (5.57 km2) (as reference, New Yorks Central Park is 843 acres (341 ha). The park is located in northern Quito, on the hill of Bellavista behind Estadio Olmpico Atahualpa. The park is suited for mountain biking, walking, and running. Most of it is eucalyptus forest with trails, but there also are numerous sculptures on display. The park has four sites that can be used for picnics or barbecues, and the eastern section has a view of Cotopaxi, Antisana, and the Guayllabamba river basin.

Parque Metropolitano Geography

Quito is located in the northern highlands of Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin. The city has been built on a long plateau lying on the east flanks of the Pichincha volcano.

Climate

Quito has a subtropical highland climate. Because of its elevation and its proximity to the equator, Quito has a fairly constant cool climate, with spring-like weather year-round. The average temperature at noon is 18.7 C (65.7 F) with a normal night-time low of 9.3 C (48.7 F). The annual average temperature is 14.0 C (57.2 F).

Cailla del Hombre _Museum

Oswaldo Guayasamns Capilla del Hombre (Chapel of man) occupies a site in Bellavista overlooking the city of Quito. The Capilla is a purpose built art museum dedicated to the peoples of Latin America. Construction of Guayasamns masterpiece began in 1995 and unfortunately was not completed until 2002, after his death.

Historic center

Quito has one of the largest, leastaltered and best-preserved historic center in the Americas. This center was, together with the historic centre of Krakw in Poland, the first to be declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 18 September 1978.

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Baslica del Voto Nacional. This monumental basilica is the most important neo-Gothic architecture in Ecuador and one of the most representative of the American continent. It was once the largest in the New World. It is located in the downtown of the city of Quito, on the streets Carchi and Venezuela next to the Convent of the Oblate order. This religious church was built to commemorate the consecration of the Ecuadorian State to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, held under the presidency of Gabriel Garca Moreno in 1873. It is 115 m high and consists of 24 internal chapels representing the provinces of Ecuador. 1985.

El Panecillo is a hill located in the middle west of the city. A monument to the Virgin Mary is located on top of El Panecillo and is visible from most of the city of Quito. In 1976, the Spanish artist Agustn de la Herrn Matorras was commissioned by the religious order of the Oblates to build a 41 metres (135 ft)tall aluminum monument of a madonna, which was assembled on a high pedestal on the top of Panecillo.

Church of San Francisco

San Francisco is the largest of the existing architectural ensembles in the historic centers of cities in Latin America. The construction of the church began in 1550, on land adjacent to the plaza where the Native Americans engaged in the barter of products.

Baslica del Voto Nacional.

Church of San Francisco

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Virgin of El Panecillo

Quito

Mitad del Mundo

San Francisco de Quito, most often called

Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains. Quito is the capital of the Pichincha province and the seat of Metropolitan District of Quito. In 2008, the city was designated as the headquarters of the Union of South American Nations.

Virgin of El Panecillo

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The elevation of the citys central square Plaza de La Independencia or Plaza Grande is 2,800 metres (9,200 ft), making Quito the second-highest administrative capital city in the world after La Paz, Bolivia. A monument and museum marking the general location of the equator is known locally as la mitad del mundo (the middle of the world)

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