Millennia of Quito

For thousands of years human beings have inhabited the lands of Quito. Accompany us to learn more about our city…..

“Of all the South American countries, none unites such unique characteristics as the Republic of Ecuador, located on the equator, right in the center of the tropics, in the highest parts of the Andean mountain range, and in the most powerful volcanic center of the Americas. Wolf has called Ecuador classic volcanic territory; this geological peculiarity has both modeled its geological relief as well as determined its historical destiny.”
Pío Jaramillo Alvarado

During Antiquity

The Spanish Conquest

The Mestizaje