The name of Ecuador means "equator". Even though the country is on the equator, it's capital city of Quito is usually comfortably cool because of it's altitude in the Andes Mountains. Quito was founded in 1534 as a Spanish colonial city and is known today for it's outstanding churches. Ecuador is south of Colombia, that we have already visited, and Quito is built in the same valley as Medellin and Cali.
The following scenes begin outside the Carondelet Palace, the residence of the President of Ecuador. The Metropolitan Cathedral is also on the same square. In our visits here, we are familiar by now with the pattern in Latin American countries. The cathedral facing the main square in a town or city. If the city is a capital city, the presidential palace, and maybe the legislative or other government buildings, will be there as well. If it is not a capital city, local or municipal government buildings will likely be on the square. In the square there may be the statue of some great figure, such as the leader of the country's independence movement.There are multiple scenes following. To see the scenes, after the first one, you must first click the up arrow, ^, before you can move on to the next scene by clicking the right or forward arrow, >. After clicking the up arrow, you can then hide the previews of successive scenes, if you wish.
The following scenes, beginning outside the Basilica de Voto National, show more of central Quito.
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The following views of Quito begin in the area of Mariscal Sucre.
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Quito is known for it's fantastic churches. Here are a few examples. Remember that, if a cathedral is built in the form of a cross (cruciform), the long part of the church where services are held is known as the nave. The arms of the cross are called the transepts, which typically hold various chapels and shrines. The top of the cross may hold the choir, and often a chapel at the end.
A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas%C3%ADlica_del_Voto_Nacional#/media/File:Basilica_of_the_National_Vow.jpg
B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Quito#/media/File:Quito_cathedral_Ecuador.jpg
C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa_de_Jes%C3%BAs,_Quito#/media/File:Iglesia_de_La_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa,_Quito,_Ecuador,_2015-07-22,_DD_149-151_HDR.JPG
D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa_de_Jes%C3%BAs,_Quito#/media/File:Iglesia_de_La_Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa,_Quito,_Ecuador,_2015-07-22,_DD_125-127_HDR.JPG
E https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quito#/media/File:Iglesia_de_Santo_Domingo,_Quito,_Ecuador,_2015-07-22,_DD_196.JPG
F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_y_Convento_de_San_Francisco,_Quito#/media/File:Iglesia_de_San_Francisco,_Quito,_Ecuador,_2015-07-22,_DD_162-164_HDR.JPG
G https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_y_Convento_de_San_Francisco,_Quito#/media/File:Iglesia_de_San_Francisco,_Quito,_Ecuador,_2015-07-22,_DD_158.JPG
H https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_y_Convento_de_San_Francisco,_Quito#/media/File:Iglesia_de_San_Francisco,_Quito,_Ecuador,_2015-07-22,_DD_171-173_HDR.JPG
Moving further north into the modern city of Quito, this area is Banalcesar. Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor that was executed by the forces of Francisco Pizarro, has a major stadium named for him.
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Moving further north in Quito, the area gets more residential and with small businesses.
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The other side of the city, far to the south of the old central part of the city, is also residential with small businesses.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-0.303693,-78.4661603,3a,75y,130.5h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1EAD7ypa_v-sClvPJMLzew!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D1EAD7ypa_v-sClvPJMLzew%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D130.5%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
The largest city in Ecuador is actually Guayaquil. Like Quito, Guayaquil is a 16th Century Spanish colonial city. This is a view of the city looking out from Parque Centenario.
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This is Guayaquil closer to the Pacific Ocean.
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