Tourist attractions in Ecuador
Tulcan cathedral
Tulcan cathedral
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Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
It is composed of an interesting architecture, contains images of the Virgin, the shepherds draw attention to the craftsmanship in its finishes. It is located in the heart of the city, in it is the conventual center of the Community of Capuchin Fathers. The Church has an aesthetic influence on the modernist facade, straight with an octave, on two levels with a stone plinth, cornice finish and composite portal. It has a Latin cross with chapels in transept naves. Among the relevant samples, the Image of the Divine Shepherdess (Patron Saint of the Capuchins) stands out, of great cultural value and among the plastic arts, there are paintings such as the Virgen de la Dolorosa and that of Hermano Miguel, made by Falconí Dillon. The highlights of the San Francisco Church Architecture: Neoclassical in style, it was built from 1875 with the arrival of the Order of the Capuchin Fathers of Saint Francis of Assisi, who established the church based on plans by Father Luís de Beltrán of Central American origin. The facade is straight ochave, with exposed stone plinth, the facade finish is cornice, molding and ornamentation with band boxes and flat keys, the foundations are stone, the walls are brick and the roof is tile and wood. It has approximately 1200m2 of construction. How to get? From Tulcán, located in the center of the city, on Bolívar and García Moreno streets.
0.49 Km.
Isidro Ayora Park
It is one of the most modern parks in the City of Tulcán. With its green areas, pools, and it is also the preferred place for family walks, as well as a strategic site for fairs and different sporting and artistic events. Located in the central commercial part of the city. Here is the point of departure and arrival of public transport to and from Colombia. The lighting of the pools enhance the monument of the liberator, the same as it is an astonishment to the architectural style. The architect of this urban space was the architect Gato Sobral and the design can be seen from the sky. The peculiarity of the park is the position of the statue of Abdón Calderón on horseback, the entire sculpture is supported only on one of the animal's legs and is practically floating in the air. Inside the park there was a beautiful lagoon on which small boats took the citizens, years later they were changed for pools. In the center of the park there is also a sundial that marks the time, its original design is still preserved despite the remodeling that took place in these spaces for half a century.
0.75 Km.
José María Azael Municipal Cemetery
The green cypress sculptures created by José María Azael Franco Guerrero, for whom the park is named. They are replicas of characters from the pre-Columbian, Augustinian and Arab periods. The work occupies the left front part of the church cemetery and is called God's Altar, while the rear garden is called Parque de los Recuerdos. The cypresses grow strongly in the Tulcán Cemetery thanks to the calcareous soil of the place. From the tenth year of the tree's life they begin to shape them according to the wishes and imagination of the artist-gardener at each moment. There are 309 sculptures made of cypress distributed in the four hectares of garden area of the 8 hectares that the cemetery has in total. Along with the 309 topiary works, there are more than 12,400 niches among those of the columbariums, burial mounds and mausoleums. One of the curiosities of the Tulcán Cemetery is that the figures, according to their theme, divide the cemetery into two zones. The first with the flora and fauna is called "Park of memories" and the second with the rest of the forms is the "Altar of God" where we can see semicircular arches, monolithic figures, masks or vessels among other things. Style The cypress figures called sculpture in green, found in the cemetery have a Greek, Egyptian, Inca, Arabic style, and natural forms. Currently you can see figures referring to the fauna of the Galapagos Islands, idols and masks of the indigenous cultures of Ecuador, Gothic columns, arches, among many others. How to get? Located in Tulcán on Av. Cementerio and Cotopaxi, in the center of the city, a few meters from Parque Isidro Ayora. It is a work of art built in 1936, on cypress trees, it is a green sculpture with representation of the Egyptian, Roman, Ecuadorian, Inca cultures as well as representative animals of Ecuador. On May 28, 1984, the work was declared "Cultural Heritage of the State" by the Institute of Cultural Heritage of Ecuador. On August 23 of the same year, the National Directorate of Tourism declares it, together with its interior gardens, as a "Natural Site of National Tourist Interest"
0.95 Km.
Customs house
Its construction began in 1933 and ended in 1936, with materials such as brick and stone in its structure, roof is made of bahareque and concrete, in the central part it is made of glass due to the new remodeling. Its style is eclectic with neoclassical influence, applied to traditional Ecuadorian architecture typical of the early twentieth century. It is surrounded by modern buildings, customs controls and immigration; Very close is the current Rumichaca International Bridge. The height is 10.7m, the facade is divided into three floors. The windows are semicircular arches, Ionic and Corinthian columns, topped with cornices and a triangular pediment where the name of the customs police is installed with a balustrade that delimits the terrace where the Ecuadorian coat of arms is on the sill. The plinth is made of stone, molding and ornamentation, balustrade, pediment, stone foundations, brick walls and earthenware cover.
5.86 Km.
Rumichaca International Bridge
Rumichaca comes from two Quechua words, rumi which means stone and chaca which means bridge. As a whole Rumichaca means "Stone Bridge". It is the main border crossing between the nations of Ecuador and Colombia located on the Guáitara River. It is a natural bridge, structured by Huayna Capac, the Inca sovereign, for the passage of his troops, over the tortuous Guáitara River that forms the spectacular river canyon at this site. It is located in the Nudo de los Pastos or Huaca, considered by the indigenous people to be the navel of the universe and since ancient times it was part of the path of the indigenous pastures. On the natural bridge rise the customs houses of Colombia and Ecuador, built around 1932 and 1936 respectively; they have witnessed the passage of time and a great example of republican architecture. The commercial exchange between Colombia and Ecuador is intense, and makes this route the main artery through which most of the products of these nations pass. In 1972 the concrete bridge known as international was inaugurated, a few meters further east of the natural bridge, which is part of the Pan-American Highway. Location It is located on the Colombian-Ecuadorian border, 3 kilometers from Ipiales (Nariño), and 7 kilometers from Tulcán (Carchi). recommendations You can cross the bridge on foot, without any problem. It is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Do not forget to stamp your exit passport at Migration Ecuador and entry at Migration Colombia if your entry is for a prolonged stay. If your entry is short to Colombia, until Ipilaes you can only present the ID. This trip only takes 15 minutes by taxi.
6.04 Km.
Manaquer Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum is a recent area of the House of Ecuadorian Culture Benjamín Carrión Núcleo del Carchi inaugurated on December 8, 2006, which had the support and advice of the INPC for the adaptation of spaces and exhibitions. This museum maintains 740 archaeological pieces corresponding to the cultural profile of the peoples who initially inhabited what is now Carchi, standing out pieces from the Negative phase of Carchi or Capulí, Tuncahuan, El Ángel or Piartal and Cuasmal, Tuza or Pasto. The museum consists of three different areas, the first corresponds to the archaeological phase of Manaquer in which the chronological phases of this culture such as Capulí, Piartal and Tusa are exposed, each one identified by the dates and characteristics of the ceramics exhibited there. Atractivos vasijas botijuelas compoteras se exhiben a turistas y estudiantes quienes además aprenden de las costumbres. trabajo y tradiciones flora y fauna del lugar Location It is located in the Tufiño parish, of the Tulcan canton on the borders with the neighboring country Colombia.
15.15 Km.