El Panecillo

El Panecillo -

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May 10th 2008
My friends and I spent the day at El Panecillo. It is a huge statue of a madonna at the center of the city. From Wikipedia: "El Panecillo (from Spanish panecillo small piece of bread) is a 200-meter-high volcanic-origin hill. The original name used by the aboriginal inhabitants of Quito was Yavirac. According to Juan de Velasco, a Jesuit historian, on top of Yavirac there was a temple wh ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more