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The Museum and Cuencanos

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May 4th 2011
There is a really large museum in Cuenca called Museo Banco Central. The museum is meant to capture the history of Ecuador from the time of ancient civilizations to now. So my roommate and I went, and this museum is huge. There were three floors of pictures, artifacts, paintings, clothing, and even shrunken heads. I am still a little fuzzy as to why Ecuadorian’s shrunk heads, but it has somethin ... read more

South America » Ecuador » South » Cuenca

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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