Category:Independence Monument (Quito)

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<nowiki>Monumento de la Independencia (Quito); Monument to Independence; monument in Ecuador; معلم تذكاري في الإكوادور; Denkmal in Ecuador</nowiki>
Monument to Independence 
monument in Ecuador
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  • Ecuador
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  • Juan Bautista Minghetti
Map0° 13′ 11″ S, 78° 30′ 45″ W
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Wikidata Q6023134
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The Independence Monument is located in the middle of Plaza de la Independencia, also commonly called Plaza Grande is in the Historic Center of Quito, the best-preserved, least altered historic center in Latin America. In Spanish, (El Centro Histórico de Quito) was constructed on what was once a 16th century Inca city at 2,850 meters above sea level in the Andes Mountains near the Equator.

The Colonial Center of Quito is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that stretches over 790 acres and contains 130 monumental buildings, 5,000 smaller properties in addition to the numerous 500 year old Churches and Convents.

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