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    Cuenca is the capital city of Azuay Province in Ecuador. It is located in a valley between rivers in the Andes mountains at an altitude of 8,350 feet. Cuenca has a population of over 600,000 and is an important economic, commercial, and tourist center of Ecuador. Some of its main tourist attractions include the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the largest church in Ecuador, and Turi Viewpoint, which offers spectacular views of the city from a hilltop overlooking the valley. Cuenca has well-preserved colonial architecture and is known as the "Athens of Ecuador" for its cultural contributions.

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    Cuenca is the capital city of Azuay Province in Ecuador. It is located in a valley between rivers in the Andes mountains at an altitude of 8,350 feet. Cuenca has a population of over 600,000 and is an important economic, commercial, and tourist center of Ecuador. Some of its main tourist attractions include the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the largest church in Ecuador, and Turi Viewpoint, which offers spectacular views of the city from a hilltop overlooking the valley. Cuenca has well-preserved colonial architecture and is known as the "Athens of Ecuador" for its cultural contributions.

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    Cuenca is the capital city of Azuay Province in Ecuador. It is located in a valley between rivers in the Andes mountains at an altitude of 8,350 feet. Cuenca has a population of over 600,000 and is an important economic, commercial, and tourist center of Ecuador. Some of its main tourist attractions include the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the largest church in Ecuador, and Turi Viewpoint, which offers spectacular views of the city from a hilltop overlooking the valley. Cuenca has well-preserved colonial architecture and is known as the "Athens of Ecuador" for its cultural contributions.

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    Cuenca, also known as Santa Ana de los Ríos recognition of the architecture of his Historical -Church

    of Cuenca, is an Ecuadoran city; headboard Center, an event that would mark the identity of
    the city. It is one of the most important Two stables to the east of the Plaza of San
    cantonal of the Canton Cuenca and the capital
    administrative, economic, financial and Sebastian one finds the nake church, of the 19th
    of Azuay's Province, as well as the city biggest
    commercial centers of the Ecuador. The century of San
    and filled with the same one.
    principal activities of the city are the trade and Cenáculo (Bolivar
    It is crossed by the the industry; during the last years, Cuenca also and Montalvo). A
    rivers Tomebamba, is consolidated as a tourist international stable to the north of
    Tarqui, Yanuncay attraction. the church is Great
    and Machángara, to Colombia, the
    the center - south of Principal Touristic Places: principal crafts and
    the interAndean the commercial street
    Region of the
    -Cathedral of the Immaculate of Cuenca. An
    Ecuador, in the pit of Concepcion emblematic building of the street is the Church
    the river Rule, to an The Park 'Calderon' sign is the principal square of Santo Domingo (Great Colombia and Father
    altitude of 2550 msnm and with an Andean of the city, dominated by the Cathedral of the Aguirre), that possesses a few doors of thin
    climate of 15°C in average. It is called " Athens Immaculate Concepcion, the new cathedral, wood and colonial paintings in the interior.
    of the Ecuador " by his architecture, his cultural with a structure big and covered with giant Though it seems to be old, the church was
    diversity, his contribution to the arts, sciences domes they are constructed at the beginning of the 20th century.
    and Ecuadoran letters and for being the place of visible especially
    birth of many illustrious prominent figures of -Turi
    from the later part of
    the Ecuadoran company. The conglomerate the church. The Viewing-point a spectacular sight of Cuenca,
    shelters 661.685 inhabitants, and occupies the construction began you must take a taxi to the south of the city for
    third position between the conurbations of the in 1885, and the the Avenue Solano, in the high of a hill Turi's
    Ecuador. Inca of Tomebamba was founded in cathedral supposed Viewing-point is located. The sights are
    1557 on the ruins of the city, for Gil Ramirez that it was much splendid, specially in the occasional nights (in
    Dávalos, under orders of the Viceroy of Peru. high than is, a mistake in the design was general about holidays) when all the belfries and
    During the 20th century the city supports his meaning that the foreseen belfries might not be domes of the churches are illuminated in the
    growth, promoting the education and the supported by the building. The Cathedral of the whole city.
    culture, and in the year of 1999 Cultural Immaculate Concepcion is one of his tourist
    Heritage of the Humanity is declared in attractions.
    David
    Lituma
    1“B”
    26-03-2018

    CUENCA

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