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Firefighter Museum "Cnle. Félix Luque Plata"
History The Museum of the Meritorious Fire Department of Guayaquil, was created on June 1, 1979 by provision of Supreme Decree No. 3463, published that day in Official Registry No. 856. The first actions for its operation began on July 25, 1979 when equipment and artifacts from the institution were collected. The Museum was officially inaugurated on July 25, 1982 under the name of “Coronel Félix Luque Plata”, one of the most illustrious Chiefs of the Fire Department. Its first headquarters was a small area of the Mezzanine of the old water supply plant, which was opened on January 1, 1905, during the Government of Eloy Alfaro. The museum has its historical importance and identity with Guayaquil, since this city has a history of several fires that destroyed the city on several occasions, with the firefighters being the heroes who came to the aid of its inhabitants. In 2001, under the administration of Colonel Jaime Cucalón Icaza, the museum was built in the current dimensions and design, preserving its original structure from the beginning of the 20th century. Attractions The old entrance door to the museum that is considered a relic. The gate that dates back to the 1920s and that belonged to the house of Mrs. Clementina Roca de Peña, located on Chile Avenue and Clemente Ballén Street, was saved from the fire caused by the fall of a military plane called 'Diablo Rojo' in the center of the city, on May 8, 1939. The gate was acquired some time later by Colonel Aurelio Carrera Calvo. In the small square of the building, there is a fountain whose existence is recorded in photographs from 1902. Also attractive is a semicircle in which the busts of the Chiefs of the Fire Department, Colonels Asisclo Garay Portocarrero, Aurelio Carrera Calvo, Julio César Rumbea Rosales, Manuel Díaz Granados, Genaro Cucalón Jiménez and Gabriel Gómez Sánchez. The museum exhibits old motor pumps, tools, carts, uniforms and decorations, as well as a valuable gallery of oil paintings and portraits of the Commanders of the Fire Department. The different models of fire pumps that were used in Guayaquil are also exhibited, from the horse-drawn carts at the end of the 19th century, the machinery of 1878, to the modern current pump cars. Among the clothing, one of the most distinguished is the asbestos suit, which was used for high temperature fires, which is no longer used today. As for the historical aspect, you can learn about the great fires, history, places and conditions, in which the members of the Red Coat worked. The Museum preserves on its floor, the cobblestones used in colonial times for the streets of Guayaquil. It has exhibition halls of relics and photo galleries of illustrious Firefighters. Services It offers an audiovisual room, dedicated to children, in which short films on fire prevention are shown. Schedule Tuesday to Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sundays: 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Rate For adults: $0.75 For children, people with special abilities and the elderly: $0.25
Guayaquil Miniature Museum in History
History The museum is a joint project of the Municipality of Guayaquil with the Malecón 2000 Foundation with the support of private companies. It was inaugurated on October 26, 2006. The work that belongs to the Guayaquil sculptor Edgar Cevallos Rosales, offers a fantasy world that exposes an ancestral and historical reality, rich in traditions and with an impressive beauty, that transports the visitor through time. The museum is one of the most important cultural centers in the country, in which through small statuettes, the growth of Guayaquil and its evolution into the great metropolis it is today is captured in fifteen scenes (dioramas). The objective of this exhibition, considered a didactic project and valued between 500,000 and 600,000 dollars, is that tourists of all ages, in a tour of approximately 45 minutes, learn in an entertaining way how this city was forged and developed. Attractions His technique called diorama, which consists of recreating real environments through small scenes and three-dimensional characters. It has four buttons with different functions. Pressing one of them activates a set of lights and audio that support the description of how a certain event occurred. In this sample, Guayaquil is appreciated in its different stages, which spans the 16th to the 21st centuries. It goes from its beginnings in the virgin forest in which the huancavilcas lived, those warrior and brave aborigines; going through the attack of the pirates, the great fire that consumed the city and the current cosmopolitan city. Thus, for example, you can see passages with miniature statuettes of the lush jungle, small wooden houses, modern buildings and others. The scenes and that recreate the different stages of the city. The sample covers 15 stations, each with its name Seasons “Origins of our ancestors”: Shows the birth of the city and its first inhabitants, back in the years 6,000 to 3,500 before the current period. There you can see the jungle that existed next to the Guayas River with the way of life of the natives and their houses. Foundations: Pictures of the different foundations that the city had and the attack on the natives of the area are exhibited, until the definitive foundation of the city was achieved. Pacific Shipyard: Shows the status of Guayaquil as the first naval shipyard in the Pacific from 1547 to 1741 with the different ships that were built, an estimated 170 deep-draft vessels were built. Pirates in the Gulf: Recreate the pirate attack in the Gulf in an episode that relives the six occasions in which the city was looted by pirates and in which the courage of the people of Guayaquil when facing them is shown. Ciudad Vieja and Ciudad Nueva: It dramatizes the time from 1730 to 1769 when the then governor moved the so-called Old City, then settled in places full of estuaries and bridges, to a safer place on the slopes of what is now Santa Ana hill. . La Aurora Gloriosa: The libertarian feat of the city is exposed, known as Aurora Gloriosa in which the so-called Forge of Vulcano is staged in which the Independence of Guayaquil was planned. Guayaquil for the Homeland: Shows the actions of Guayaquil for the Homeland between the years 1821 and 1823 that reveals the contribution of men, weapons and supplies by the Independent Republic of Guayaquil that ensured the defeats in the battles prior to independence Quito. The Republic of Ecuador: Shows the formation of the Republic of Ecuador that recreates the agreement between the Liberators Bolívar and San Martín to liberate the city back in the years 1824 to 1827. The March Revolution: Recreates the overthrow of the First President of Ecuador, Juan José Flores, who wanted to perpetuate himself in power, and who was fought by troops from Guayaquil. Times of prosperity: From when the main economic activity was developed in Guayaquil, with the bonanza of trade and cocoa. Great fire of Guayaquil: The scourge that consumed the city at the beginning of the 20th century and that consumed almost all the buildings built of cane and wood at that time. Siglo XX: Recreation of modern times, which portrays the growth of Guayaquil, its urban development and its philanthropy. Guayaquil Lives for You: A picture in which the great urban works of today appear, such as the Malecón 2000 More City: Recreation in which new works such as the airport, the land terminal, among others, stand out. White March: Representation of a demonstration carried out by citizens to demand greater security in the city. Services: Thinking of foreign tourists, there are guides, who also speak English, Italian and Portuguese. For visits by groups of schools and colleges. Schedule Tuesday to Sunday: 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Rate Adults: $3.00 Children: $2.00 People with special abilities and the elderly: $1.50
Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum
History The Luis Noboa Naranjo Museum, inaugurated on January 25, 2006, was created by the lawyer Álvaro Noboa Pontón, in honor of his father, an Ecuadorian businessman, owner of one of the largest fortunes in the country. The museum exhibits the important collection of paintings that Noboa Naranjo acquired during his lifetime, in which there are the most important works by contemporary Ecuadorian painters. Attractions The ten rooms in which 97 works of art are exhibited and a recreation of the private office that the businessman had on the first floor of the Exportadora Bananera Noboa, in the south of the city, in which his old oak desk is exhibited, surrounded by of three overstuffed leather armchairs, his favorite leather briefcase, his desk accessories, ashtrays, and pictures of famous people. Among the works of art, the three murals by Manuel Rendón stand out, the paintings of the Quito school, works by Oswaldo Guayasamín, Eduardo Kigman, Humberto Moré, Carlos Catasse, Ricardo Montesionos, Segundo Espinel, Luis Miranda, Oswaldo Viteri, among others. . Services The museum offers guided tours for schools and colleges in the city. Schedule Monday to Friday: 09:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturdays: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Entry Free
Oratory of the Lord of Justice
The Lord of Justice is one of the most important patrons and custodians of the city, the devotion was born in the old Riobamba and has been in the current one for more than 100 years, after its resettlement. What should you know? The Lord of Justice is one of the most important patrons and custodians of the city, the devotion was born in the old Riobamba and has been in the current one for more than 100 years, after his resettlement. Every day thousands of Riobambeños come to the small Oratory, where the Divine Image of the Lord of Justice is venerated. But there is a God who sees everything and judges everything The easiest way to identify a true Riobambeño is to observe him when he crosses Juan Larrea de la Sultana de los Andes street. It doesn't matter at what street level, the truth is that, when crossing the Larrea, a Riobambeño will inevitably cross himself. And it is that in Larrea is located the Oratory of the Lord of Justice, one of the patron saints most revered by the Riobambeños. This is the faith of the "arena pupos", who come to this small and modest oratory to ask Jesus to do them justice. They say that he is infallible because, after all, he sees everything and judges everything.
Locomotive 15
The life of Jorge Benavides was marked by the railroad, he worked for the company for many years and from various functions, in one of the many administrative assignments he managed to get one of the representative machines brought to Riobamba. Riobamba, railway city from there machine 15 is the reference of those stories of rails and brequeros. For Jorge it is not just another place, it is the symbol of his life of honest and responsible work, the years go by and he is still the one who takes care of the old locomotive, despite the passing of the years he is aware of this tourist reference in the city, he lives a few meters away and he is the neighbor who takes care of and cleans the sidewalk of the house as much as this space that fills him with nostalgia. Like him - in Riobamba - there are still lifelong railway workers, who recall the splendor of the railway, the freight train and first class, the railroad car or the cabbage train that went to the coast, the dispatching of the railways, the brequeros and machinists with the lamps and the instructions In the previous century, Riobamba marked its day to day, with the arrival of the "Mixto" or the "Train", raising your hand and greeting those who arrived, was part of the tradition, the railway station, in the center of the city , summoned the joy of the reunion between friends and family or the nostalgia of the game, as well as the economic development for the commerce that moved by train, were other times other references that remain in the memory in the midst of children playing at being drivers and balancing on the rails that shone! Unfortunately, the railway capital of Ecuador does not have a direct route to Alausí and the Devil's Nose, a symbol of the railway work of the great work of Eloy Alfaro, tourists stay for a short time and the party at the station gradually fades away.
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