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Biblioteca Municipal de Guayaquil (Guayaquil Municipal Library) is a public library in Guayaquil, Ecuador and is operated by the municipal government. External links
The museum has the following rooms: [8] Pre-Hispanic Room: ceramic, metal, and stone objects and handicrafts from the Valdivia, Machalilla and Chorrera cultures; Colonial Room: includes Spanish firearms, a diorama from the old church of Santo Domingo, the layouts of Guayaquil traced between 1170 and 1772 by Francisco Requena and Ramon Garcia de Leon y Pizarro, and a scale model of the city ...
Mariquita, a young woman from Guayaquil in c.1847-48, by Adele de Dombasle. Guayaquil was founded on 25 July 1538 [7] by Spanish conqueror Francisco de Orellana in the location of a native village. He named it as Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil ("Most Noble and Most Loyal City of Santiago de Guayaquil"). [8]
The Guayaquil Canton, officially the Municipality of Guayaquil, is a canton in the center of the Guayas Province in western Ecuador. The canton was named after its seat, the city of Guayaquil , the most populous city in Ecuador.
The Clock Tower of Guayaquil (Spanish: Torre del Reloj), also known as the Moorish Tower (Spanish: Torre Morisca), is a structure located in Guayaquil, Ecuador. [1] It has gone through several incarnations before its current form, which ended construction in 1931.
Rank Building Photo City Height [1] Number of floors Year 1: Torre The Point: Guayaquil: 137 m: 36: 2013 2: Banco La Previsora: Guayaquil: 135 m: 33: 1995 3: Edificio IQON: Quito
Metrovía is a rapid bus transit system developed in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and is now a widely used means of transportation in the city. Line 1 was inaugurated on July 30, 2006. Line 2 was inaugurated on February 16, 2012. Line 3 was inaugurated on May 4, 2008. The system will consist of a total of 7 lines.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Guayaquil (officially the Cathedral of Saint Peter [1]) is a cathedral in the center of Guayaquil, Ecuador. The current cathedral is the successor of the cathedral that was Guayaquil's main cathedral at the time of the city's founding. The original cathedral was made of wood and located on Santa Ana Hill.