Name: Middle of the World Tourist City
Category: Cultural Manifestation
Type: Historic
Subtype: Civil Architecture
Owner: Government Pichincha ProvinceLocation:
Parish: San Antonio de Pichincha
Address: Manuel Córdova Galarza Highway and Avenue Equator
Directions: From Quito takes Manuel Córdova Galarza Highway, to the circle of the Equator.
near urban centers attractive:
Town Name: Pomasqui Distance: 4km
Description:
Inside, one of many Andean cities reflected on this site, we can find it in narrow streets, houses entejadas, a meeting place for cultural and artistic q ue is the central square, chapel and a final detail the bullring. Similarly there are other museums that you can appreciate the culture of Ecuador.
symbolic line, after passing through the city, continues to reach the majestic monument. Inside the Ethnographic Museum, spread over 10 floors, shows the great diversity in the country, as well as documents, maps and records seeking to recall the visit of the Mission French Geodesic ng.
has a wide range of amenities including restaurants, cafes, souvenir shops, post office, banks, galleries, baths, etc.
Category: Sexy Natural
Type: Mountain
Subtype: Hill
Location:
Parish: San Antonio de Pichincha
Directions: From Quito takes Manuel Córdova Galarza Highway, then continue along the equator to the street Av Chaguar to the end (a white gate) turn right and then take the road leading the water tank.
Town Name: Pomasqui Distance : 10.1km
The most significant is its location, since it is exactame nte in Ecuador geographical, or half the world, reflecting the great knowledge he possessed the Andean peoples for the movement of the stars and their application in agriculture ancestral. There are remnants of stone circles made by Fabián Vera symbolized the location of the stars: the sun, earth and moon, and according to the shadows projected on these yielded a precise solar calendar for farming. Presumably there were three circles. However, there are other circles in various sectors of the parish to which were referred to as the local people only serve to dry the beans, however these can be seen rows of stone that divide the circle noting twelve pieces each hour.
Moreover one of the deities of the ancient inhabitants of this valley is Catequil , " Thunder God who is considered the representation of fertilization and fertility, the most feared and honored that he had in Peru, loved and revered from Quito to Cuzco and the most feared by the Indians. "
At the top a small temple where an idol with his mouth open, ready to receive the blood and sacrifice, which was driven through it to the ground, thereby fulfilling his duty to fertilize land on the feast of Sol 
Intiñan
Category: Cultural Manifestation
Type: Historic
Subtype: Museum
Location:
Parish: San Antonio de Pichincha
Address: Via Calacalí - Independence 200 meters from the circle of the Equator
Tel: 2395122
Directions: From Quito takes Manuel Córdova Galarza Highway, to the circle of the Equator and then continue along the path Calacalí - Independence (200 meters).
Town Name: Pomasqui Distance: 4km
It is divided into the following areas; Arqueoastrono mine, where they conduct demonstrations of physical forces and magnetic exercised here due to the latite ud 0, as Koriolis test.
life and ancient customs of the equatorial zone, using a chronological process of knowledge gained by the first inhabitants of the area through archaeological collections.
Ethnography, in showing the way of life, custom s the preparation of crafts from different ethnic groups as Salasacas Ecuadorian Shuar and also shows a typical hut of the residents, who dates 1875. The Galapagos Islands are represented by a turtle that has more than 160 years. The totemic Forest intercontinental, "represents the spirit protector of the clan s peoples.
ASPECTS OF SAN ANTONIO
Category: Sexy Natural
Type : Groundwater
Subtype: Mineral
Location:
Parish: San Antonio de Pichincha
Address: Calle Chaguar
Directions: From Quito making Manuel Córdova Galarza Highway, then continue along the equator to the street Av Chaguar and turn left about 800 meters.
Town Name: Pomasqui Distance: 4.5km
has 5 000 m2 of construction, which include two swimming pools one of which has a slide, dressing areas, restrooms and showers.
poolside addition, there are three caves, which residents say were built by pre-Inca peoples, and places of worship, to the arrival of the English were exploited for the extraction of lignite (coal natural) . Here the adventure begins, as the venture into these and in particular the third cave can live exciting moments, even more so to be able to appreciate the life forms here are developed, a large colony of bats Biofit and mark the route, yes it is always advisable to wear appropriate clothing and above all respect and maintain this natural area.
Category: Cultural Manifestation
Type: Historic
Subtype: Civil Architecture
Location:
Parish: San Antonio de Pichincha
Address: Hacienda Rumicucho, Carmen Navarro Street, Barrio Santo Domingo
Directions: From Quito takes Manuel Córdova Galarza Highway, then continue along the path former San José de Minas approximately 2.5 miles.
Town Name: San Antonio Distance: 2.5km
Town Name: Pomasqui Distance: 6.5km
Thanks to their proper location, in the plain of RUMIKUCHU ( corner stone), formerly called LULUMBAMBA ( fertile plain), and the existence of large amount of stonework, stands this majestic building that had two purposes, strategic - military and ritual, the latter due to its proximity to the Equator.
can see inside three areas, ceremonial, located at the top of the complex common where daily activities were developed, food, rituals, craftsmanship and the purely residential.
On the evidence of pottery, animal remains, and utensils in common use, it boasts a large number of occupants, not just Incas, but of peoples native to the area, Carankis, Quitus and to a lesser extent and Panzaleo Cuasmal .
Due to the actions of the looters, neglect, climate, quarries and urban advance, this symbol of our heritage is in grave danger of disappearing.
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