More than 40 years later, in 1979, the monument was relocated 7 kilometers west of its origin and taken to Calacali, a parish in Quito. By 1981, construction had already begun on the Middle of the ...

The central part of the city is the 'Old Town', a Unesco World Heritage Site that is full of pulsating life, colonial monuments and architectural treasures. Quito has a fairly cool climate with the ...