July 2015 archive

Quito and the Northern Highlands

High in the Andes lies Ecuador’s capital city, Quito. At the time the Spanish arrived it was a major Inca city but, not wanting it to fall into the conqueror’s hands, the Quitu people razed it to the ground and no Inca ruins remain. The old town is therefore very colonial with its C17th monastery …

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