Guachala Castle
Guachala Castle is a castle in Pichincha, Ecuador. Guachala Castle is situated nearby to the river Quebrada Tomacucho, as well as near the town Cayambe.Photo: Héctor López, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Solar Museum.
Solar Museum
Museum
Photo: Cristocobo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Quitsato Sundial is a cultural-tourist place located at La Mitad Del Mundo, near to Cayambe, 47 km north of Quito, Ecuador. It was built in 2006 and inaugurated in 2007 as an independent, non-profit project in a 24,756 ft2 area. Solar Museum is situated 1½ km west of Guachala Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cayambe.
Cayambe
Town
Photo: Diego Tirira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cayambe is an agricultural service city in highland Ecuador. It lies at the foot of the Cayambe volcano. While the city is mainly peopled by mestizos, the surrounding rural population is primarily composed of indigenous people who are mainly involved in subsistence agriculture, dairy farming and procurement of lumber. Cayambe is situated 6 km north of Guachala Castle.
Guachala Castle
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Pichincha, Ecuador, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-0.00528° or 0° 0′ 19″ southLongitude
-78.16032° or 78° 9′ 37″ westOpen location code
67F3XRVQ+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 2038586178OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q16490485
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In Other Languages
“Guachala Castle” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Castillo de Guachala”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Guachalá”
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