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tour Quito.
Francisco de Orellana monument
(Guápulo view point). Colonial part
of the city visit the San Agustin Monastery
one of the Quito´s most beautiful religious
buildings. The Independence Plaza, La
Compañía Church with its famed goldleaf
altars. San Francisco Church, first
great colonial building, housing painting
of the famous colonial artist Caspicara.
El Panecillo Hill
City Quito/Linea
Equinoccial.
A few kilometers north of Quito
is the Equator memorial at latitude
0º00´00” which marks the place where
an 18th century expedition established
the exact geodesic position of the Equator.
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