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Cultural Cuenca & its Handicrafts

[:en]Cuenca is one of the most beautiful colonial cities in Ecuador and also a Unesco’s World Heritage Site. It is a city of facades dated from the last five centuries which have been kept intact due to the unique privilege of being the only city on the Ecuadorian Andes which has not been hit by major quakes. We will visit the Cathedral, the Main Square, the flower market, San Francisco and Santo Domingo churches and the Central Bank Museum with permanent archaeological, anthropological, colonial and republican art collections, including photographies documenting the city’s history.  We will be in the Turi viewpoint for a panoramic view of the city.

In the late afternoon, we visit the Panama hat factory of Homero Ortega, where a wide variety of goods made from “toquilla” fiber are made, like bags, dolls and a wide variety of hat styles, colors, and prices.  We continue to Simon Ortega shop, a famous jewelry workshop to admire the imagination of these skillful Cuencanos which express their culture and traditions into every artifact they make.

 [:es]Cuenca es una de las ciudades coloniales más bellas de Ecuador y también Patrimonio de la Humanidad de la Unesco. Es una ciudad de fachadas de los últimos cinco siglos que se han mantenido intactas debido al privilegio único de ser la única ciudad en los Andes ecuatorianos que no ha sido afectada por grandes terremotos. Visitaremos la Catedral, la Plaza de Armas, el mercado de flores, las iglesias de San Francisco y Santo Domingo y el Museo del Banco Central con colecciones permanentes de arte arqueológico, antropológico, colonial y republicano, incluyendo fotografías que documentan la historia de la ciudad. Estaremos en el mirador de Turi para una vista panorámica de la ciudad.

En la tarde, visitamos la fábrica de sombreros de Panamá de Homero Ortega, donde se elaboran una gran variedad de productos elaborados con fibra “toquilla”, como bolsos, muñecas y una amplia variedad de estilos de sombrero, colores y precios. Continuamos a la tienda Simon Ortega, un famoso taller de joyería para admirar la imaginación de estos hábiles Cuencanos que expresan su cultura y tradiciones en cada artefacto que hacen.[:]

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