San Marcos

San Marcos is a quarter in Quito, Pichincha. San Marcos is situated nearby to the neighborhood La Tola, as well as near Gonzalez Suarez.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palacio de Carondelet and City of Quito.

Palacio de Carondelet

Government office

Photo: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0.

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 of Quito

Protected area

Photo: Hubertl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

City of Quito is a protected area.

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

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

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 north of San Marcos.

San Marcos

Type: Quarter
Address: Quito
Category: locality
Location: Quito, Quito Canton, Pichincha, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude

-0.22403° or 0° 13′ 27″ south

Longitude

-78.50897° or 78° 30′ 32″ west

Open location code

67F3QFGR+9C

OpenStreetMap ID

node 346646137

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

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