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Quito

El Panecillo

El Panecillo is a 200-metre-high hill of volcanic-origin, with loess soil, located between southern and central . Its peak is at an elevation of 3,016 metres above sea level.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,016 metres
  • Description: mountain in Quito, Ecuador
  • Also known as: “Panecillo”
Photo: David Adam Kess, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palacio de Carondelet and City of Quito.

Government office
Photo: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0.
Carondelet Palace is the seat of government of the Republic of , located in . 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.

Protected area
Photo: Hubertl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a protected area.

Church
Photo: Amfeli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , is a Catholic cathedral in , . Located on the southwestern side of the Plaza de la Independencia, it served as a seat of the Diocese of Quito from 1545 until 1848 when it was elevated to Archdiocese.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quito.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
, the capital of , was founded in 1534 on the ruins of an ancient Inca city. '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.

El Panecillo

Latitude
-0.2288° or 0° 13′ 44″ south
Longitude
-78.5187° or 78° 31′ 7″ west
Elevation
3,016 metres (9,895 feet)
Open location code
67F3QFCJ+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249410842
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q1871347
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Venetian—“El Panecillo” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “埃尔巴奈西由火山”
  • Chinese: “麵包山”
  • Dutch: “El Panecillo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ال پانيسيلو”
  • French: “El Panecillo”
  • German: “El Panecillo”
  • Greek: “ελ πανεσιλλο”
  • Italian: “El Panecillo”
  • Ladin: “El Panecillo”
  • Russian: “Эль-Панесильо”
  • Spanish: “El Panecillo”
  • Spanish: “Estatua Virgen del Panecillo”
  • Venetian: “El Panecillo”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Virgin of El Panecillo and La olla.

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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 “El Panecillo”. Photo: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0.