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Quito
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Mitad del Mundo
Quito makes a good starting point for many day-long excursions into the lush surrounding Andean Sierra. By hiring a car, taking a tour or using public transport or taxis, there are several popular trips into a region crowded with mountain views, waterfalls, thermal baths , and a peaceful villages. Buses to the Equatorial Line Monument, leave every half-hour from the market place, or you can pick them up on the Avenida America in the new town.
The sensation of being in the middle of the world, and to take a photograph on the line of latitude 0 0' 00", stepping over both hemispheres of the earth, admiring the impressive 30 meter high monument, built in commemoration of the French geodesic mission that arrived in 1736, to measure an arch and to verify the roundness of the earth, is an undescribable emotion.
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El Crater del Pululahua
About 2 miles beyond the monument , toward the village of Calacali, at Km 4 to the right, is the Reserva Geobotanica Pululahua, centered on the biggest volcanic crater in South America. A paved road leads to the rim of the volcano, from where the view of farms on the crater floor is impressive. A rough path leads down from the rim, and the interior of the crater has its own micro-climate, wich rich vegetation and diverse bird life.
En la actualidad es quizas el unico crater poblado en el mundo, donde existe un maravilloso valle fertil y habitan indigenas que se dedican a la agricultura, se puede realizar una fascinante caminata descendiendo al Pululahua y disfrutar de hermosas orquideas naturales de la zona, explorar el Cerro del Chivo y observar hermosas aves, actualemente es una area protegida denominada Reserva Geobotanica Pululahua.
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Tolas of Cochasqui
Near the small city of Tabacundo, north of Quito, you can observe some incomplete pyramidal structures. Until now approximately 15 pyramids and 21 tolas, or 36 pre-Inca constructions have been found. There is a archeological and ethnographical museum.
Rumicucho
Al Norte de la ciudad Mitad del Mundo se encuentra un sitio pre-incasico, de ruinas arqueologicas denominado Rumicucho, relacionado con el culto al sol y estudios astronomicos, es conocido tambien como un centro magnetico de energia positiva.
Liberty Summit
On the foothhills of the Pichincha volcano, on the western flank of Quito, we find the historical military museum that summarizes the details of the Battle of Pichincha of the 24th of May, 1822, that definitely sealed our independence from Spain.
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Capilla de Cantuņa; fue construido en el siglo XVII, se encuentra localizada en la esquina sudeste del convento de San Francisco. La leyenda de esta capilla se atribuye al indigena Cantuņa quien conocia de los tesoros del Inca Atahualpa. Cantuņa disponia de mucha riqueza y hacia obras de caridad y aportes para la construccion de estructuras religiosas. Cuenta una leyenda que Cantuņa fue ayudado por el diablo para la edificacion del atrio de la iglesia a cambio de su alma, pero Cantuņa se salvo porque al cumplirse el plazo, falto una piedra para terminar el atrio.
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