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Quito Ecuador Photo Gallery - Best Photos including Museo del Banco Central, Plaza Grande, La Compania de Jesus, El Panecillo, La Mitad del Mundo, and Oswaldo Guayasamin contemporary art.

In August 2007 we traveled to Quito, Ecuador, Cotopaxi and Chimborazo, and the Galapagos Islands

Ecuador Quito 01-03 Quito From Airplane Quito is the capital of Ecuador with a population of about two million people, situated between two mountain ranges at an altitude of 2800m. Here is a view of Quito taken from north of the airport looking south.

Ecuador Quito 01-03 Quito From Airplane

Ecuador Quito 02-07 Museo del Banco Central Radiating Golden Sun-mask The second room in the Museo del Banco Central in Quito is the Sala de Oro (Gold Room), which displays the radiating golden sun-mask that is the symbol of the Banco Central, from La Tolita 350 BC – 350 AD.

Ecuador Quito 02-07 Museo del Banco Central Radiating Golden Sun-mask

Ecuador Quito 02-11 Jerome Ryan, Peter Ryan, and Charlotte Ryan Enjoying Lunch At Cafe Cultura Jerome Ryan, Peter Ryan, and Charlotte Ryan enjoying our delicious lunch at the Café Cultura in the Mariscal sector of Quito.

Ecuador Quito 02-11 Jerome Ryan, Peter Ryan, and Charlotte Ryan Enjoying Lunch At Cafe Cultura

Ecuador Quito 02-01 Old Quito Plaza Grande The Plaza Grande, also known as Plaza de la Independencia, is the central square at the heart of Old Colonial Quito. It was laid out in 1534 and still preserves its original dimensions. The square is surrounded by the Cathedral, the Presidential Palace, the Archbishop's Palace, and the City Hall.

Ecuador Quito 02-01 Old Quito Plaza Grande

Ecuador Quito 04-04 Old Quito La Compana de Jesus Gold Altar La Compania de Jesus is often called the most beautiful church in Ecuador. Seven tons of gold supposedly ended up on the ceiling, walls, and altars of La Compania de Jesus, which was built by the Jesuits between 1605 and 1650. The Church of The Compania of Jesus in Quito has been catalogued by UNESCO among the hundred most important World Heritage Site Monuments in the world.

Ecuador Quito 04-04 Old Quito La Compana de Jesus Gold Altar

Ecuador Quito 06-01 Old Quito El Panecillo And Virgin Mary El Panecillo (small bread roll, 3016m) is a 200m hill separating south and Old Quito, topped by a 41m monument to the Virgin Mary. On the top of El Panecillo is a 30m statue of the Virgin Mary, inaugurated in 1975 and made of 7000 pieces of aluminum.

Ecuador Quito 06-01 Old Quito El Panecillo And Virgin Mary

Ecuador Quito 06-04 Old Quito View From El Panecillo At El Panecillo in Old Quito, we climbed the steps up the small tower on which the Virgin is standing to a viewing platform, with a spectacular view of Old Quito stretching away to the distance.

Ecuador Quito 06-04 Old Quito View From El Panecillo

Ecuador Quito 07-05 Old Quito Cafe Mosaico Sunset View Of El Panecillo And Old Quito We had dinner at Cafe Mosaico in an old house high up on a hill overlooking Old Quito. The view from Cafe Mosaico is excellent. Here is a view of Old Quito and El Panecillo just after dusk as the lights came on.

Ecuador Quito 07-05 Old Quito Cafe Mosaico Sunset View Of El Panecillo And Old Quito

Ecuador Quito 04-01 Mitad Del Mundo Long View La Mitad del Mundo (the middle of the world), located 22km north of Quito at 2483m, is a large monument built in 1979 on the equator. This is the place where Charles-Marie de la Condamine made the measurements in 1736 showing this was indeed the equatorial line. His expedition’s measurements gave rise to the metric system and proved that the world is not perfectly round, but that it bulges at the equator. Leading up to the monument are busts of la Condamine’s expedition members.

Ecuador Quito 04-01 Mitad Del Mundo Long View

Ecuador Quito Guayasamin 1-05 Capilla del Hombre Rostros de America Paintings When Ecuador's most famous contemporary artist Oswaldo Guayasamin (1919-1999) died, he was building Capilla del Hombre (Chapel of Man), a chapel dedicated to humanity and one of the most important works of art in South America. The two-storied gallery is a memorial to the suffering of the oppressed and victims of war and torture, and a celebration of Latin American identity and the positive aspects of human nature.To the left of the main entrance are a series of colourful paintings called Rostros de America (1997-9)

Ecuador Quito Guayasamin 1-05 Capilla del Hombre Rostros de America Paintings

Ecuador Quito Guayasamin 2-05 Museo Guayasamin El Guitarrista Oswaldo Guayasamín lived at a workshop and beautiful museum in the residential neighborhood of Bellavista, befriending everyone from the Rockefellers to Fidel Castro during his long career. See

Ecuador Quito Guayasamin 2-05 Museo Guayasamin El Guitarrista


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