La Libertad
La Libertad is an urban parish in the city of Quito, Ecuador. It is located in the southern part of the city, just south of the city center and on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Adam Kess, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: County
- Description: urban parish of Pichincha Province, Ecuador
- Also known as: “La Libertad, Quito”
Places of Interest
Highlights include El Panecillo and Palacio de Carondelet.
El Panecillo
Peak
Photo: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Panecillo is a 200-metre-high hill of volcanic-origin, with loess soil, located between southern and central Quito. Its peak is at an elevation of 3,016 metres above sea level.
Palacio de Carondelet
Government office
Carondelet Palace is the seat of government of the Republic of Ecuador, located in Quito. Access is by the public space known as Independence Square or Plaza Grande, around which are also the Archbishop's Palace, Municipal Palace, Hotel Plaza Grande, and Metropolitan Cathedral.
City Museum
Museum
Photo: David Adam Kess, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The City Museum is a museum in the colonial center of Quito, Ecuador. It is located on Garcia Moreno Street, between Morales and Rocafuerte. The museum was founded in 1998 and occupies the buildings of what once was the San Juan de Dios Hospital.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quito and Chaupicruz.
Quito
Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in 1534 on the ruins of an ancient Inca city. Quito's Old City is the largest in the Americas and was one of the first UNESCO World Heritage Sites, recognized as the largest and most intact colonial city center remaining in the Americas.
Chaupicruz
Neighborhood
Chaupicruz is an electoral parish or district of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. The parish was established as a result of the October 2004 political elections when the city was divided into 19 urban electoral parishes.
La Libertad
- Categories: parroquia urbana of Ecuador and locality
- Location: Quito, Quito Canton, Pichincha, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude
-0.22097° or 0° 13′ 16″ southLongitude
-78.52532° or 78° 31′ 31″ westElevation
3,035 metres (9,957 feet)Open location code
67F3QFHF+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 348137228OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“La Libertad” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “La Libertad”
- German: “La Libertad”
- Spanish: “La Libertad”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “La Libertad”. Photo: David Adam Kess, CC BY-SA 4.0.