Plaza de la Independencia
Independence Square is the principal and central public square of Quito, Ecuador. This is the central square of the city and one of the symbols of the executive power of the nation.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Neverhood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palacio de Carondelet and Quito Metropolitan Cathedral.
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.
Quito Metropolitan Cathedral
Church
Photo: Amfeli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Quito Metropolitan Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in Quito, Ecuador. 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 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. Chaupicruz is situated 7 km northeast of Plaza de la Independencia.
Plaza de la Independencia
- Type: Park
- Description: plaza in Ecuador
- Categories: square, tourist attraction, and recreation area
- Location: Quito, Quito Canton, Pichincha, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude
-0.22012° or 0° 13′ 12″ southLongitude
-78.51209° or 78° 30′ 44″ westOpen location code
67F3QFHQ+X5OpenStreetMap ID
way 24734054OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q7203699
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Plaza de la Independencia” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “獨立廣場 (基多)”
- Chinese: “獨立廣場”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان الاستقلال”
- French: “place de l’Indépendance”
- French: “Place de l’Indépendance”
- Indonesian: “Plaza de la Independencia”
- Persian: “پلازا د لا ایندپندنسیا”
- Russian: “Площадь Независимости (Кито)”
- Russian: “Площадь Независимости”
- Spanish: “Plaza de la Independencia (Quito)”
- Spanish: “Plaza de la Independencia”
- Spanish: “Plaza Grande de Quito”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monument to Independence and El Quinde Information Centre.
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