Cuenca, also known as Santa Ana de los Ríos declared in recognition of the architecture of -Church

of Cuenca, is an Ecuadoran city; headboard his Historical Center, an event that would mark
the identity of the city. It is one of the most Two stables to the east of the Plaza of San
cantonal of the Canton Cuenca and the capital
important administrative, economic, financial Sebastian one finds the nake church, of the
of Azuay's Province, as well as the city biggest
and commercial centers of the Ecuador. The 19th century of San
and filled with the same one.
principal activities of the city are the trade and Cenáculo (Bolivar
It is crossed by the the industry; during the last years, Cuenca also and Montalvo). A
rivers Tomebamba, is consolidated as a tourist international stable to the north of
Tarqui, Yanuncay attraction. the church is Great
and Machángara, to Colombia, the
the center - south of Principal Touristic Places: principal crafts and
the interAndean the commercial street
Region of the
-Cathedral of the Immaculate of Cuenca. An
Ecuador, in the pit Concepcion emblematic building
of the river Rule, to The Park 'Calderon' sign is the principal square of the street is the Church of Santo Domingo
an altitude of 2550 msnm and with an Andean of the city, dominated by the Cathedral of the (Great Colombia and Father Aguirre), that
climate of 15°C in average. It is called " Immaculate Concepcion, the new cathedral, possesses a few doors of thin wood and
Athens of the Ecuador " by his architecture, his with a structure big and covered with giant colonial paintings in the interior. Though it
cultural diversity, his contribution to the arts, domes they are seems to be old, the church was constructed at
sciences and Ecuadoran letters and for being visible especially the beginning of the 20th century.
the place of birth of many illustrious prominent from the later part
figures of the Ecuadoran company. The -Turi
of the church. The
conglomerate shelters 661.685 inhabitants, and construction began Viewing-point a spectacular sight of Cuenca,
occupies the third position between the in 1885, and the you must take a taxi to the south of the city for
conurbations of the Ecuador. Inca of cathedral supposed the Avenue Solano, in the high of a hill Turi's
Tomebamba was founded in 1557 on the ruins that it was much Viewing-point is located. The sights are
of the city, for Gil Ramirez Dávalos, under high than is, a mistake in the design was splendid, specially in the occasional nights (in
orders of the Viceroy of Peru. During the 20th meaning that the foreseen belfries might not be general about holidays) when all the belfries
century the city supports his growth, promoting supported by the building. The Cathedral of the and domes of the churches are illuminated in
the education and the culture, and in the year of Immaculate Concepcion is one of his tourist the whole city.
1999 Cultural Heritage of the Humanity is attractions.
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David
Lituma