Museo de la Ciudad, Quito (church)
<p><b>The City Museum (Museo de la Ciudad)</b> is a museum in the colonial center of Quito, Ecuador. It is located on Garcia Moreno Street, between Morales and Rocafuerte. The concept for the museum was founded in 1982 by Dr. Eduardo Estrella Aguirre and in 1998 the once San Juan de Dios Hospital was transformed into the Museo de la Ciudad, Quito.
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The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Historic_Center_of_Quito" title="Historic Center of Quito">Historic Center of Quito</a> (Quito Colonial Center) is the best-preserved, least altered historic centre in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Latin_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>. An area that stretches over 790 acres with 130 monumental buildings, over 5,000 smaller properties and numerous 450 year old Churches and Convents. The Historic Center of Quito is a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/UNESCO" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> that was constructed on what was once a 16th century <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Inca" title="Inca">Inca</a> city at an altitude of 2,850 Metres above sea level in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Andes" title="Andes">Andes</a> Mountains near the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">Equator</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Quito" title="Quito">Quito</a>, the capital of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a>.
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