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Guayaquil Is mY DestinATIoN TO DISCOVER ITS HERITAGE PUBLIC AND MUNICIPAL COMPANY OF TOURISM, CIVIC PROMOTION AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF GUAYAQUIL
Transcript of TO DISCOVER ITS HERITAGE
Guayaquil Is mY DestinATIoN
TO DISCOVERITS HERITAGE
PUBLIC AND MUNICIPAL COMPANY OF TOURISM, CIVIC PROMOTION AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF GUAYAQUIL
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Jaime Nebot SaadiMajor’s of Guayaquil
The Historical Center of Guayaquil is testimony to valuable realizations from Ecuadorian and World
leading engineers and architects. These works, influenced by the most important architectural trends of their time, have turned into a legacy of beautiful habitat lessons to later generations.
In many facades, the design of architectural volumes speaks a symbolic and cultural language whose iconography arouses the interest of visitors, researchers and citizens. Las Peñas Neighborhood old houses and the riverfront buildings provide a living framework to the Guayas River outline, characterizing the city with wide portals that sheltered the inhabitants from the strong tropical sun and winter rains.
With the passage of time, several traditional sectors were built on their own architectural style. For instance, in La Merced Neighborhood European Art Nouveau has left a mark in the designs of various facades that remain until today. Later, the modern movement imprinted the headquarters of the Cultural Center and the Central Bank, with elegant lines and the transparency of stained glass windows, conveying the pursuit of freedom.
This urban architectural heritage is completed with the temples, the beautiful
statuary of the parks, and the wonderful landscape of the river. All of this has turned Guayaquil into an appreciated and ever more sought after tourist destination.
Thanks to its geographic location, Guayaquil has become one of the intercontinental doorways of South America. On one side, its sheltered port of wealthy commerce allowed markets creation and promoted national development. On the other side, the airport of Guayaquil is considered among the best in the world for its facilities and efficiency.
Since some years ago, the Municipality of Guayaquil has forwarded the revaluation of the Historical Center through a gigantic urban regeneration initiative, which is now being complemented with a touristic plan that reports and highlights the city’s attractions. The writing and publication of these documents involves the work of distinguished professionals and historians, in a way aiming to produce a cover letter of the urban-architectural heritage of Guayaquil.
Guayaquil is our destination and a fountain that inspires the construction of a healthy society in which art, culture, hospitality and creative entrepreneurship are synonyms of progress in liberty.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY• Hoyos, M. (2008). Los recuerdos de la iguana. Guayaquil:Poligráfica Printing works• Estrada, Julio (1966, november) Guia Historica de Guayaquil. Volume 2.Poligrafica Printing works• Aviles, Efren & Hoyos, Melvin.(2007) Memorias Urbanas de GuayaquilGuayaquil.• Chavez, Modesto (1944)Chronicles of the Old Guayaquil.• Aviles, Efren. Encyclopedia of Ecuador.• Chronicles of newspapers: El Universo, El Télegrafo, Expreso, Hoy y PP.• Students dissertations from ESPOL, ECOTEC.• Tourism and Architecture web pages.
Editorial Management:Gloria Gallardo Zavala.Graphic DesignClaudia González.Editorial Production:Mélida Plúas Torres.Cover photo:Carlos Julio González.Photos:Raul Suconota G.Cesar Mera,Efren Aviles M.,Carlos Julio Gonzalez,Christian Brückmann,Parsival Castro,Jose Dimitrakis,Ivan Navarrete,Freddy Moreno.Piero BurneoJavier FuentesDaniel Avila
MapOscar Arias C.
2 Message from the major Jaime Nebot4 A look into the history of a beautiful city:
Guayaquil6 Escenario de la Independencia8 Patrimonial Public Buildings and
Attractions10 Municipal Palace14 Governorate Palace16 Martin Aviles Building (Old Crillon
Hotel)18 Old Southern Market (Crystal Palace)20 Moorish Tower22 Old Municipal Prison24 Fire Department Headquarters26 El Telegrafo Newspaper28 Old Building of the Central Bank of
Ecuador30 Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security
(IESS)32 Stately House of the University of
Guayaquil34 Cultural Center36 Crafts Market of Guayaquil 38 La Planchada Fort40 Las Peñas Neighborhood42 Heritage Houses46 General Cemetery50 Patrimonial Parks52 Forestal Park 54 “Eloy Alfaro” Civic Center Theater56 Patria Joven Monument57 Patrimonial Parks58 El Universo Newspaper60 Masonic Temple62 Union Club64 Old Building of La Previsora Bank66 Descuento Bank68 Sociedad Continental Building (former
Bank of America) 70 Alejandro Tola Pareja House72 Doctor Carlos Coello House74 Walter Guzman Aspiazu House76 Ana Villamil House78 Doctor Leopoldo Izquieta Perez House
80 Ala-Vedra y Tama Castle82 Martinez de Esponcedra Castle84 Clara Bruno de Piana House86 Heritage Educational
Establishments86 Cristobal Colon School88 San Jose - La Salle School90 Old Building of the University of
Guayaquil Medical School92 North American – Ecuadorian
Center93 Patrimonial Churches94 San Pedro Apostol Metropolitan
Cathedral96 San Francisco Church (Our Lady
of Los Angeles)98 La Merced Church100 San Agustin Church102 Nuestra Señora del Carmen or
La Victoria Church104 Santo Domingo de Guzmán
Church106 San Alejo Church108 San Jose Church110 Maria Auxiliadora Church112 San Jacinto de El Morro Church114 General Information131 Message Ms. Gloria Gallardo Z,
president of the Municipal Public Company of Tourism, Civic Promotion and International Relations
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A look into the history of a
beautiful city:
Introduction
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The Historic Center of Guayaquil was al-ready being formed since colonial times
and has followed the spatial transformation and evo-lution of the city. Despite the fires that destroyed its outstanding wooden archi-tecture, each reconstruction of the “New City” during re-publican times kept the ur-ban checkerboard structure (blocks layout) applied in most Spanish colonial cities by royal edict.
The parks and squares of the Historic Center house a valuable statuary crafted by European and national sculp-tors from the XIX century to the present times.
The Patrimonial Center of Guayaquil also offers sam-ples of republican architec-ture: the influence of world architectural trends is made evident in public and private, lay and religious buildings, crafted in the XX century by engineers and architects from Italy, Spain, France, Bel-
• Old market located south of the city, now transformed into the Crystal Palace.
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• University House in 1925.
gium and Ecuador who con-tributed to the city’s urban development.
Among these professionals stand Venezuelan Francisco Manrique Pacanis who built the municipal prison –the first concrete building of the city–; italians Francisco Maccaferri, Mario Gherardi, Rocco Queirolo, Luis Fratta, Paolo Russo, and Pedro Fontana; belgian Carlos Van Ischot; spaniards Jose An-tonio Gomez Gaut and Juan
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Orus; chileans Hugo Fag-gioni and Alamiro Gonzalez; French George Chedanne; German Augusto Ridder and Ecuadorians Juan Francisco Icaza, Manuel Gambarrotti, Guillermo Cubillo Renella, Miguel Salem Dibo.
The conspicuous sculpture works that adorn squares, churches and buildings were made by Italians En-ricco Pacciani, Emilio Soro Lenti, Benneducce Marin, Renzo Michelucci, Augusto
Faggioni Vanucci, Geovanny Anderlini and Giuseppe Beneducce; spaniards Agus-tin Querol, Juan Rovira, Jose Monserrath, Jose Folgueras, Jose Homs and Juan de Ava-los; french Jean Alexander Falguiere and Virgil Chaude-jeau and ecuadorians Alfredo Palacio, Luis Veloz, Rossana Villagomez, among others.
The Historic Center in-cludes two different regions: the first northern area, where the urban layout (but not its
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• An illustration of the “Banco Internacional” shows the typical structure of the houses in Guayaquil.
architecture) still displays the remnants of the colo-nial city, and the second southern area from Loja to Manabi streets and west of Quito avenue, which show the urban design and archi-tecture that marked republi-can life from late XIX century and the beginning of the XX century. Despite its contem-porary architectural designs, the narrow streets in La Bahia zone next to the pier are also
witness of colonial times.Some buildings of the city
have been considered archi-tectural treasures of great historical value, and some have even been declared heritage buildings by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Cul-ture and Patrimony.
Today, Guayaquil is en-trenched as an international destination of great impor-tance due to its numerous attractions, its culture, and
specially to the kindness of its people. These reasons have projected the city as a tourist port receiving hun-dreds of thousands of visitors every year. This reality is the result of the great urban re-generation work carried out by the Municipality since 1998, which has turned the city into one of the most renowned referents of South American development.
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PATRIMONIAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND ATTRACTIONS
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MunicipalPalaceAddress: 10 de Agosto street and Malecon avenue.
Parish: Rocafuerte.
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• Stained Glass Window with the coat of arms located City Hall’s staircase ceiling.
• Guayaquil’s coat of arms.
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HIstORY: History tells us that the current Municipal Palace was built where the colonial Town Hall was located since 1817. In that place the city’s Independence Act was signed on October 9, 1820. However, by 1908 the building was burned due to a rodent plague.
From that year until 1921, the City Hall worked in several buildings, until in need for its own space it convened a tender won by the Italian Construction Company: designer architect Francisco Maccaferri and builder engineer Juan Lignarolo. The building’s construction also involved Italian architects Paolo Russo and Juan Orus, who followed the plans of Maccaferri.
The first stone was placed on July 31, 1924 and more than four years later, on February 27, 1929, the Municipal Palace was inaugu-rated to commemorate the Battle of Tarqui and the signature of the Guayaquil Treaty, with a solemn ceremony chaired by Ecua-dorian President Isidro Ayora.
AttRACtIOns: The Municipal Pa-lace of Guayaquil is an architectural treasure whose modern renaissance style is a mixture of the Doric–Gothic art of the 20’s. Some out-
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Arosemena PassageThe Eduardo Arosemena Passage bears
the name of the banker and first president of the Junta de Beneficencia Municipal de Guayaquil (Municipal Welfare Board). The passage cut across the Municipal building connects the avenues Malecon Simon Bolivar and Pichincha.
It has a dome made of iron and glass, with crystals imported from the Adolfi House of Milan, Italy; which at the time was a world architectural trend.
Following the Hellenic tradition, the pillars of the building depict feminine figures that evoke Greek culture.
At the entrance of the octagonal vault of the Passage, there are four polychrome seals with octagonal figures and mandala geometrical designs, which take from an aesthetic tradition from the Renaissance.
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• The City Hall.
standing elements of the façade are Latin phrases that decorate the main frontage, beautiful bas-reliefs, images of powerful condors and its imposing columns.
Other attractions are the dome, the vases and allegorical figures located in the supe-rior triangle of the northern façade, works of Italian sculptor Emilio Soro Lenti. To the east of the triangle, a woman can be seen holding books and manuscripts in her hands, symbols of knowledge. The figure that looks to the west holds the wheel of industry that evokes understanding of life and a compass allusive to architecture.
Another great attraction is the emblem of Santiago Mayor –patron saint of the city–, a beautiful woodcarving placed in 1999. Orig-inally, it belonged to the Cathedral facade from where it was removed in 1943, three days before that building crumbled, to be donated to the Municipality.
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GovernoratePalace
Address: Simon Bolivar avenue and Aguirre street. Parish: Rocafuerte.
HIstORY: Historical sources from the XVIII century point out that the first Governor’s office operated since 1779 in the building of the State’s Accountancy, in the same location. In 1855, affected by the passage of time –76 years after its construc-tion– the building was restored.
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Following Italian engineer Mario Gherardi’s original sketches, German architect Augusto Ridder erected the current building between 1923 and 1924. The works started on March 26, 1923 and the building was inaugurated a year later. Several decades later, the respective local administrations carried out remodeling works that preserved its neoclassical architectural style.
AttRACtIOns: Its architecture re-
veals several styles, which was very trendy in the 1920s. The structure is divided in four blocks, joined by a cross-shaped passage that serves as a pedestrian access, with an iron and glass dome.
Its neoclassical style is distinguished by the kind of triumphal arches located at the entrance of the galleries and supported by four columns. The work of ornamentation, especially the carving in the capitals, cornices and moldings was made by Italian artist Emilio Soro Lenti.
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Martin AvilesBuilding
HIstORY: Built by the “Italian Con-struction Company” between 1927 and 1930, the construction was in charge of Italian ar-chitect Pedro Fontana, and the decoration in hands of Emilio Soro Lenti. The building –originally the headquarters of the Crillon Hotel– was one of the most luxurious facili-ties of the city at that time.
After the closure of the hotel, the building was occupied by the city’s Cantonal Water and Sewage Company. In October 2002, the Municipality of Guayaquil acquired the structure from the Junta de Beneficencia de
Guayaquil (Welfare Board) for the functioning of several municipal offices. The building is now called “Martin Aviles Building” as a tribute to the former director of such board.
AttRACtIOns: This four story mod-ern style building presents a remarkable façade for its verticality, topped by a series of arched pediments whose pillars provide the framework for a series of rectangular blinds with carved tops –a classic in Guaya-quil’s architectural design– that are also arranged symmetrically. These pillars in-
Address: Pichincha avenue and Clemente Ballen street.Parish: Rocafuerte.
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• The interior of the Martin Aviles’ Building shows a beautiful stained glass.
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clude spiral ornaments and acanthus spike leaves decorations.
A square based tower stands out at the corner of the building, and jars and human heads sculptures decorate the space between the pediments. The open skylight is prominent as well: besides contributing to the illumination and ventilation of the building’s interior it is made of polychrome glasses.
Access to the interior is through an L-shaped passage with galleries located around an iron and glass skylight window.
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(Crystal Palace)
HIstORY: A long time ago the Parish Board declared the building “Historical Monument of the City”. Later, the District Council declared it “Historical Heritage”. It was built between the years 1905 and 1907 to become a food market inaugurated on January 6, 1908. It reopened as the Crystal
Palace on February 26, 2002 as part of the city’s urban regeneration process.
The reviews note that the Old Southern Market was designed and built by engineers Francisco Manrique and Carlos Van Ischot. The prefab pieces used for its construction were brought straight from Belgium firm
Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar avenue near Manabi street; Integration Square. Parish: Olmedo.
Old Southern Market
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• Image of the Old southern market.
Verhaeren Ca Jager Ingenieurs Construiteurs de Bruxelles.
This old market was remodeled on two occasions, and it managed to stay on its feet for nearly a century, hence its current importance. Besides, during that time and until its regeneration, the site was a place primarily used to manage the river cargo of the local fisheries.
The building’s significance derives from its imposing structure: a beautiful example of prefabricated iron.
AttRACtIOns: Located in the front of the Guayas River, the Crystal Palace is completely transparent and it has an original wrought iron structure of colonial design. Two glass urns, striking for their metallic structure, serve as a convention and exhibition center that has contributed to the city’s art and culture scene, housing exhibitions of great artists such as Rembrandt, Picasso, Guayaquil, Rendon, Seminario and other famous American and world painters. Several pools in a cobbled square over Sargento Vargas Street mirror the beautiful structure.
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Moorish Tower
HIstORY: Its origin dates from the XVIII century with several constructions in different locations. The first Public Clock goes back to 1800 when Santiago Espantoso bought the House of Temporality. In 1842, Guayaquil Governor Vicente Rocafuerte, brought the Public Clock back from Europe and offered it to the city. The clock now rests on top of the Moorish Tower. Initially, it was placed at the top of the Colonial City Hall, and next it was moved to the Orilla Market Tower. When the market disappeared, a special tower was built in the same area. There the clock remained until its removal in 1925, when the construction was no longer safe. On August 1, 1930, the City began the construction of the Moorish Tower, inaugurated on May 24, 1931.
After several years without operating due to various damages, on June 7, 2013,
Guayaquil regained this urban jewel. The London clock started to mark the hours again and the bronze bell began to ring every hour.
AttRACtIOns: The Tower was built by engineer Francisco Ramon and architect Joaquin Perez Nin y Landin. Afterwards architect Juan Orus modified it, and artist Emilio Soro carried out the building’s ornamentation. The Tower is made of reinforced concrete, rising up four stories from a 28 square meter octagonal base, ended in an Arabic Byzantine dome that reaches a height of 23 meters. About the style of this unique building, it is worth noting that it belongs to the contemporary period, characteristic of Italian architects constructions of early twentieth century.
Photo: Jose Dimitrakis
• The clock was brought from England in 1842 by Vicente Rocafuerte
Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar avenue, near 10 de Agosto street,
city’s downtown. Parish: Rocafuerte.
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Photo: Parsival Castro
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HIstORY: Venezuelan engineer Francisco Manrique Pacanis built the old Municipal Prison of Guayaquil between 1903 and 1905. It was inaugurated in 1907 and operated as a jailhouse until 1950. The building was declared Heritage by the National Institute of Cultural Patrimony –INPC– for its architectural value: this was one of the first concrete buildings in the country. The cement used in its construction was brought from Italy.
History narrates that prior to this edifice, another jail was built in 1886 by Italian Rocco Queirolo Pinasco, but it was destroyed by fire in 1896.
Since its construction, the building has been restored several times without affecting the original structure. The area was called “la calle del dolor” (pain street) since it housed the prison, the general cemetery, the mental institution and a leprosarium.
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OldMunicipal Prison
Address: Julian Coronel street and Baquerizo Moreno avenue.
Parish: Carbo.
Currently the building belongs to the Ecuadorian (Welfare) Institute of Social Security –IESS–. Until 2009 it was lent to the Catholic University for educational and cultural purposes and from then to the Guayaquil Siglo XXI Foundation, which painted and renovated the façade.
AttRACtIOns: The Municipal prison is a cloister-like structure that comprises an interior patio and
a perimeter gallery surrounded by more than 40 cells and dungeons. The renaissance style building presents a flat façade, divided in two bodies by a cornice, with a series of pillars that create a compound rhythm scheme featuring a horizontal succession of symmetrically arranged arched windows. The upper floor ends in a flat cornice. It consists of a central patio surrounded by cells.
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HIstORY: The Fire Department of Guayaquil was founded on August 17, 1835, during the presidency of Vicente Rocafuerte. However it was the National Congress that declared it “Worthy” on October 25, 1930.
The building where the Nueve de Octubre Fire Company used to operate was declared patrimonial: its construction started on April 24, 1927 and opened on 1931. Its was built by a committee of ladies and gentlemen citizens of Guayaquil who, concerned for the safety of the city that historically had been assailed by fire, donated it to the fire department.
AttRACtIOns: It is a three-story building characterized by its square columns with ornaments, over which rest four balconies embellished with balustrades and corbels. Its façade is eclectic in a predominating straight line. It contains nine windows, six of them decorated with square frames and the remaining three arch-shaped. Among the decorative elements are Corinthian chapiters, cornices and a large semicircular pediment that crowns the top of the façade, where the name of the Institution is written.
Address: 9 de Octubre boulevard and Escobedo street.
Parish: Rocafuerte.
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El Telegrafo NewspaperAddress: Boyaca avenue and 10 de Agosto street.
Parish: Rocafuerte.
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HIstORY: The news-paper was established on February 16, 1884 by Juan Murillo Miro, who was im-prisoned and later exiled to Chile by the government of Placido Caamaño. Because of this, the newspaper stopped circulating after number 607 on July 3,1886. In 1989, Jose Abel Castillo, from Ambato, bought all shares and became sole owner for decades. Later, the newspaper was sold several times until it be-came public.
The building’s construc-tion by the General Cons-truction Society started in 1923; the decoration was in hands of Hugo Faggioni. Its inauguration took place a year later, in 1924. Two years later, a public clock was placed in its tower.
AttRACtIOns: The façade that comprises the clock tower, the entrance hall with a marbled stair-way, the bust of second owner Jose Abel Castillo; the stained glass window located in the stairway and the stairway’s design evocative of art nouveau. The columns cover the first three floors and end in an architrave (lower part of the entablature) that ori-ginally was the finish of the building.
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HIstORY: It was built between 1968 and 1972. Architect Guillermo Cubillo Renella was in charge of its design and construc-tion, with the collaboration of Fernando Pacha and Nelson Valencia. The building depicted the modern style fashionable in the 70’s and the original project contemplated to cover a whole block over four streets. Finally, the building ended up with three facades.
AttRACt IOns : I t s architecture adopts the principles o f t he mode rn movement , characterized by the transparency of its facades, the elegance and simplicity of its lines and geometric purity manifested in all its splendor. The inferior part of the façade exhibits a mural from Manuel Rendon Seminario, distinguished Guayaquil artist, who produced it originally in pastel chalk prior to its remake in glazed ceramic. Ph
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Address: 9 de Octubre boulevard and Pedro Carbo avenue.Parish: Rocafuerte.
Old Buildingof the Central Bank of Ecuador
Patrimonial Public Buildings and Attractions/ Old Building of the Central Bank of Ecuador
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Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security
Patrimonial Public Buildings and Attractions/ Ecuadorian Institute of social security (IEss)
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Address: Jose Joaquin de Olmedo boulevard and Lavayen street. Parish: Olmedo.
HIstORY: Engineer Hector Martinez Torres built “La Caja del Seguro” (Social Security Fund) in 1968 following layouts by architect Jose Gortaire Iturralde.
AttRACtIOns: The building has a singular architecture: the round cor-
rugated shape of the six top floors with multiple windows. The front façade has a mural painted by Ecuadorian artists Jorge Sweet and Segundo Espinel, entitled “Jus-ticia Social” (Social Justice) with a length of 90 meters, a height of 3,50 meters and formed by 750.670 mosaics.
Photo: Piero Burneo
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Stately House of theUniversity of Guayaquil
Patrimonial Public Buildings and Attractions/ stately House of the University of Guayaquil
Photo: Press direction, Municipality of Guayaquil
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Address: Chile avenue and Chiriboga street.Parish: Olmedo.
• Simon Bolivar Auditorium.
• A fresco painting on the ceiling of the Main Hall by artist Theo Constante and Ivan Paredes.
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HIstORY: The first building for the University of Guayaquil was made of wood and dates back to year 1898 when Alejandro Lascano Bahamonde was principal of the alma mater. The construction only lasted four years since it was destroyed by fire on July 17, 1902. The following year, rector Julian Coronel started the reconstruction of the building, which lasted three years. Italian architect Rocco Queirolo Pinasco designed and finished the works in 1906. It was declared Cultural Patrimony of the Country on February 26, 1998.
AttRACtIOns: Its architectural style is republican neoclassic and renaissance. The main façade access is framed by columns, and the side facades have large rectangular windows and semicircular arches. There are three busts in the entrance hall. One of them represents Pedro Carbo Noboa, and it was
made of fiberglass by sculptor Theo Constante Parra. The other figures—crafted by Italian sculptor Enrico Pacciani—depict Alejo Lascano and Julian Coronel, former principals of the University.
The assembly hall displays a mural painted by Ecuadorian artist Oswaldo Guayasamin entitled “A la Gloria de Bolivar” (to Bolivar’s Glory) and a ceiling fresco on acrylic technique by Theo Constante and Ivan Paredes, showing a torch coming out the center of a book. Other attractions: the archeological museum that holds old photographs and documents, the ceiling depicting Minerva, goddess of wisdom.
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HIstORY: The establishment of the Culture House –Casa de la Cultura—dates back to 1944 as an initiative of Ecuadorian writer Manuel Benjamin Carrion. The following year, several centers were founded all around the country, like the one in Guayas province on July 4,1945, under the presidency of historian and archeologist Carlos Zevallos Menendez.
On October 9, 1947, the first stone for the Cultural Center was placed during a ceremony,
but the construction started two years later on July 1949 following the design of Guayaquil architect Guillermo Cubillo Renella. The construction of the building was in charge of engineer Francisco Amador Icaza.
The original project comprised an area of 3164 square meters but, due to financial reasons, only 1000 square meters were built, remaining the cinema and the theater to be finished many years later.
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Address: 9 de Octubre Boulevard and Pedro Moncayo Street.
Parish: Roca.
In 1959, the continuance of the work was commissioned to Cubillo with a design in blocks for the auditoriums. The original project never was executed and still remains incomplete.
AttRACtIOns: The building has three facades: on the main one stands out a mural crafted by sculptor Alfredo Palacio Moreno and the elegant layout of
the spiral staircase. Another attraction is the auditorium’s design with inclined floor that allows the spectators to appreciate the scenario from different angles.
The six story prismatic volume architecture covers a whole block. The façade is formed by a series of equidistant balconies with aligned windows. The interior displays a spiral staircase that leads to galleries of semicircular balconies.
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Crafts Market
HIstORY: The crafts market was es-tablished on July 24, 1982 for artisans and merchants to get together, sell and promote their products. It was built by the Munici-pality to facilitate the commercialization of handicrafts, besides providing jobs and support domestic and foreign tourism.
AttRACtIOns: The two story
building covers a block and is divided in cubicles. It comprises 250 commercial shops and basic services for the merchants and visitors.
There are workshops specialized in jewel-ry, luggage, clockwork and products made of leather, wood, indigenous textiles, toquilla straw, steel, copper, silver, souvenirs, musi-cal instruments, among others.
Address: Loja street and Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno avenue.Parish: Carbo. Opening hours: Monday to Sunday from 09h00 to 19h00
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• The craft market of Guayaquil offers visitors multiple souvenirs and all kind of items for tourist and visitors
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HIstORY: La Planchada Fort was built in 1647 as a colonial stronghold to defend the city from looting pirate attacks. It was made of stone in a strategic loca-tion: at the foot of the hill on the river banks, in order to guard incoming vessels to the first town settlement.
According to history, the original fort dates back to the XVII century: in 1624 from this site the people of Guayaquil defended themselves against Dutch pirates who led by captain Gubernat tried to loot
the city twice. During the confrontation, more than 100 soldiers lost their lives. Although the locals won the battle, they could not prevent the destruction of the city.
The fort’s name has a very unique history. In those years the site had large stones and rocky hills that made it a very irregular surface. To counter that, the citizens plowed the land in order to make it flat. Hence the name of Planchada (Spanish translation for ironed) that has
Address: Numa Pompilio LLona street, Las Peñas neighborhood.Parish: Tarqui.
La Planchada Fort
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lasted to our days. The story goes that the ground was flattened around 1690, for the feast of Corpus Christi.
La Planchada Fort, has a high historical value because it was one of the scenes of the independence deed of Guayaquil occurred on October 9, 1820. Sergeant Hilario Alvarez and his troops took the military fort of La Planchada in that morning; at sunrise the inhabitants of Las Peñas joined the cause to fight for freedom.
In 1996, the site was declared Heritage Monument by the National Institute of Cultural Patrimony –INPC, for its Spanish acronym.
AttRACtIOns: The two cannons located in a ring that seem to be ready to defend Guayaquil, as it was the case during colonial and Republican times. Currently, the place serves as venue for cultural activities.
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HIstORY: 474 years old, it was the first neighbor-hood of Guayaquil where the city settled in 1540. It took its name from the several cliffs and limestone rocks of the lay upon the Spaniards arrival.
In 1982 it was declared na-tional cultural heritage, and between the years 2002 and in 2008 it was restored under the municipal process of the city’s urban regeneration.
Originally, the neighbor-hood was home of modest artisans and fishermen. Later, during the 1920’s, the place was occupied by wealthy landlords who thanks to the cocoa boom built most of the luxury homes that remain until today and are considered relics.
Illustrious characters from the political, business and cultural spheres have lived in the neighborhood: among them 11 presidents of the country –Carlos Arroyo del Rio, Francisco Robles, Jose Luis Tamayo, Carlos Julio
Arosemena Tola, Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno and Eloy Alfaro–; writers like Enrique Gil Gilbert; historians like Ra-fael Pino Roca; painters Mi-guel Rendon Seminario and Alfredo Espinoza Tamayo; educators as Rita Lecum-berry, musician Antonio Neumane, author of the mu-sic of the National Anthem. Story tells that revolutionary “Che” Guevara lived a while there, serving the neigh-bors as a pediatrician for free. American writer Ernest Hemingway and Chilean Poet Neftali Reyes, better known as Pablo Neruda, also visited the place.
AttRACtIOns: Its architectonic style evokes the past: traditional street Numa Pompilio Llona, the dreamy landscape formed by the hill and the river, color-ful settings, bohemian am-biance and heritage houses that reflect the development of the forest industry, tradi-tional in the city.
Address: Numa Pompilio Llona street, slopes of Santa Ana hill, northeast of the city. Parish: Tarqui.
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Address: Numa Pompilio Llona street, slopes of Santa Ana hill.Parish: Tarqui.
Heritage Houses
• House of the musician Antonio Neumane. Photo: Freddy Moreno
HIstORY: Las Peñas was the first neighborhood of Guayaquil where the Spanish settled in the XVI century. The original colonial houses were burnt in the great fire that destroyed half the city from the night of October 5 until the morning of October 6, 1896. Houses were rebuilt and six years later were destroyed again by fire on July 16, 1902. So they had to be rebuilt in wood, quincha (mud covered bamboo cane), and tin roofs.
The neighborhood was first inhabited by
modest artisans and fishermen but in the XX century, thanks to the cocoa boom and the country’s economic development, wealthy landlords chose this place to live and built their houses, considering the neighborhood a strategic place located on top of the hill, in front of the river, in the middle of a dreamy landscape.
Stunning wooden houses were erected. Timber was then a flourishing industry that marked the city-port’s identity with a mixture of original designs in no particular
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• House of Baquerizo Moreno. Photo: Cesar Mera
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• Las Peñas, has beautiful houses made of wood which maintain the identity of the city until this day.
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• The wide spaces of these houses allow the light to brighten every corner.
• Many houses are colorful mixing many styles.
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architectural style, shaped by the hands of skillful carpenters and artisans.
Presidents of the country, artists, writers, musicians, landlords, businessmen and characters form the cultural spheres have lived in those houses, of which 32 have been declared heritage: Baquerizo Moreno, Arroyo, Arosemena, Marin, Hoeb, Gabela, Triviño, Salcedo, Arturo Zea, Elba Nuquez, Inmuebles Yela, El Roble, Asociacion
Cultural, Villa Pharos and Hotel del Rio.
AttRACtIOns: XX century wooden houses, eclectic in style –influenced by Victorian, Gothic, neoclassic and eclectic European–. French balconies and windows with naval motifs designed to profit from the river breeze and view, reminding us the port nature of the city.
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• The Cemetery has a vast number of sculptures of great patrimonial value.
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HIstORY: During colonial times it was customary to bury the dead in temples or in small cemeteries, which generated many complications. Therefore, in 1809, before the imperative need to build a cemetery, Governor of Guayaquil Bartolome Cucalon received the Royal order to build it.
On April 27, 1823, the first General Cemetery of Guayaquil was officially inaugurated; designed by Juan Francisco Ycaza and built in the northern part of the city right at the
• “Desolation” sculpture.
Address: Avenues Julian Coronel and Pedro Menendez Gilbert. Parish: Tarqui.Visiting Hours: Open to the public every
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foot of El Carmen Hill, in the place where a small cemetery for the poor used to be. Over time it extended along Julian Coronel Street and Pedro Menendez Gilbert Avenue.
In 1886, President of the Cantonal Council of Guayaquil Francisco Campos Coello created the Welfare Board Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil aiming to help the most vulnerable people. The Board was officially founded on January 29, 1888 to
manage hospitals and orphanages as well as the cemetery.
During the early twenties, several architects and Italian sculptors arrived in Guayaquil for the construction of public buildings and wealthy families hired them to build sumptuous mausoleums, which today are an architectural gem of the city. The General Cemetery has been recognized internationally as one of the best in South America and
• Sculpture “Angel’s Kiss” by Enrico Pacciani.
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• The General Cemetery is surrounded by a natural environment.
• Many of the sculptures are considered works of art.
declared Continental Cultural heritage.
AttRACtIOns: The eye-catching white architectonic group formed by magnificent mausoleums and altars with different designs and geometric forms –columns, arches, statues and marble tombstones–. Not to miss the ones of Patriot Jose Joaquin de Olmedo, former Presidents of the country Vicente Rocafuerte, Diego
Noboa and Arteta, Emilio Estrada Carmona, Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno, Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola and Jaime Roldos Aguilera. There are also beautiful memorials for artists, sportspeople, and businessmen.
Services: sightseeing tours are offered over various established routes: Sculptures of heroes and presidents, music and literature; and the General route to visit the best sites of the cemetery.
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Forestal Park
Address: Quito avenue and El Oro street. Parish: Ximena. Opening Hours: Tuesdays to Sundays from
07h00 to 19h00.
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HIstORY: In the early 1950s the park was a racetrack (before a new one was built in the north of the city). Later, the premises became soccer fields until the Forestal Park was built, opening at the same time the Quito Avenue was extended to Puerto Nuevo. The park –bordering streets El Oro, Guaranda, Vacas Galindo and Quito Avenue– had many plants, bushes, trees, a lagoon with a small island in the center, and boats for the visitors to ride. In 1963, due to negligent Municipal administration, the park was abandoned and became a dumpster.
From 1968, during the fifth administration of president Jose Maria Velas-co Ibarra, the park was restored and redesigned including a “Civic Center” theater, whose construction started on October 9, 1970. The works progressed slowly and by the end of 1970, the administration of major Antonio Hanna reached an agreement with the Central Bank to finance the rehabilitation of the green areas, the overhauling of the lagoon and the construction of squares for art exhibitions and other cultural events.
On October 9, 1980 the Municipality of Guayaquil lent it to the Central Bank of Ecuador for 90 years. In
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1981, thanks to the support of president Jaime Roldos Aguilera, a professional swimming pool was built on the corner of Portete and Guaranda streets to serve as venue for the World Swimming Championships held in Guayaquil in 1982.
The Civic Center, un-finished still, in 1990 was inaugurated by president Rodrigo Borja. In 2001, the Central Bank changed its name to “Plaza de Artes y Oficios” –Arts and Crafts Square–, hosting performances in the pre-mises surrounding the theater which was still under works. Again paused for sometime in 2003, the works of restoration and modernization were finally
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concluded in January 2009 for a grand opening under the name of “Eloy Alfaro Civic Center” that today houses the University of the Arts.
AttRACtIOns: Over 10 hectares devoted to culture, educat ion and entertainment: 9 are occupied with the park, lagoon and playgrounds. The rest belong to the Arts ans Crafts Square, an architectural attraction for its huge iron structured dome. It includes an elegant Main Theater, whose high seats allow a comfortable view over the performances on scene; two mini-theaters and many multifunctional halls.
Gardens, plants and trees decorate the park as well as a 450 meter long lagoon where pedal boat rides are offered for USD $2 a half-hour. Across the lagoon’s dock there is a cafeteria. Other attractions are chil-dren playgrounds, rest areas, walkways, sculptures, a small fishpond, horse lanes, a view point and an Experimental Theater that features art exhibits espe-cially on holidays and civic dates. A column monu-ment pays tribute to the Heroes of Guayaquill and the large sculpture “Young Homeland” (Patria Joven) by Oswaldo Guayasamín, is considered one of the most important modern art pieces in the city.
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Civic Center
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Address: Guaranda y Garcia Goyena streets, Forest Park. Parish: Ximena.
HIstORY: Is the largest theater in Guayaquil and one of the most extended works in time, for its construction and remodeling. It all began in 1970 during the government of Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra; on October 9, 1980, the Municipality of Guayaquil handed it to the Central Bank for 90 years. 20 years later, in 1990, the theater was inaugurated during the presidency of Rodrigo Borja without being completed. In 2001, the Central Bank changed its name to “Crafts and Arts Square” carrying out artistic performances in the surroundings of the theater, since the work was not finished. This situation lasted two years (2002 and 2003), since the work had several delays due to changing administrations and budget issues. On January of 2009, the theater opened its doors under the name of Eloy Alfaro Civic Center.
AttRACtIOns: Is a two-story building with a main theater, two mini theaters and multipurpose rooms.
On the architectural side, the structure is remarkably artistic because of its iron dome. This original geodesic dome covers the building.
The ground floor has an entrance hall that comprises a bar, dressing rooms, restrooms and circulation ramps. There is another entrance hall in the second floor with direct access to the upper seats. The stage is mobile.
The Civic Center has an area of 60.000 square meters and comprises the civic square, the theater and an agora surrounded by a group of flags.
The theater structure stands over an area of 6.400 square meters, which has a main auditorium with a capacity for 1.927 people and two small theaters with a capacity for 150 people each.
The agora in the style of Ancient Greek public squares can accomodate 300 people.
sERvICEs: A parking lot.
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HIstORY: Oswaldo Guayasamin –famous ecuadorian painter, artist and muralist– crafted the monument inaugurated in 1971 in the Forestal Park. It was considered one of the most important art pieces of the time.
The monument belongs to the artist’s series called “La Edad de la Ira” (The Age of Rage) and symbolizes nascent freedom: in the eyes of the artist, like a child that needs to be taken care of and protected to be preserved forever.
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, then president of the country, started the reconstruction
of the Forestal park in 1968, intending to provide a space for Ecuadorian culture and art, to exhibit meaningful historical pieces.
The monument is based on a previous work of Guayasamin, made to decorate a home garden in Quito.
AttRACtIOns: The expressionist work is a large-scale extension of a group of sculptures: towards the back a stylized mythological animal crafted in concrete and in the middle a column bronze inscripted with the names of the patriots of October 9, 1820.
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PatriaJovenMonumentAddress: Quito avenue and Venezuela street,
Forestal Park. Parish: Ximena.
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PATRIMONIAL PRIVATE BUILDINGS AND
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A house of Las Peñas Neighborhood.
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El UniversoNewspaperAddress: 9 de Octubre Boulevard #1204 and Escobedo avenue.Parish: Rocafuerte.
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HIstORY: Journalist Ismael Perez Pazmiño founded E l Un i v e r s o newspaper on September 16, 1921. The historical building is the third of four headquarters the newspaper had. At first it was built as a Masonic Temple by the White Construction Company and inaugurated on September 1, 1924.
Seven years later, on October 31, 1931, journalist Ismael Perez Pazmiño bought the building for his newspaper’s main office. It reopened on April 13, 1932. The newspaper worked in that building for almost 62 years, witnessing several major events in the life of the country and its written media. Even the body of its director and founder Ismael Perez Pazmiño was mourned in the building, after his death on November 1, 1944 in Los Angeles, United States.
AttRACtIOns: Its sumptuous facade of round columns that end up in capitals; its windows that also display smaller columns and the triangular roof in which the characteristic symbol of the newspaper can be seen: a globe with the newspaper’s name in the middle.
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HIstORY: Built in the early 1940s, its architecture full of sym-bols follows the classic schemes of the first temple located on 9 de Octubre and Escobedo avenues, later sold to El Universo newspaper. In 2002 the building was restored within the process of urban regeneration.
AttRACtIOns: The Masonic Temple presents a neoclassic style with Greek columns that begin one meter up from the sidewalk to symbolize that the temple is of spiritual and not material nature. Between the columns of Corinthian capitals, windows are simulated in paint, since the masons are a secret organization by definition.
The two story building front has four circular columns that create three arches supported on square concrete bases. The columns end up in capitals reaching a triangular roof with the word “ALGDGADU” inscribed in it, meaning “For the Glory of the Great Architect of the Universe.”
A compass can be appreciated in the upper pediment, which is the symbol of thought, whose branches are above the square, symbol of matter.
Address: Francisco Lavayen and Calixto Romero streets.
Parish: Olmedo.
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Union Club
HIstORY: Traditional club house of the Guayaquil society founded on July 25, 1869. Since its creation it has kept a special place in the social life of the city: together with the Fire Department and the Philanthropic Society of Guayas, it is the third oldest institution that continues to serve the city.
The Club was born as a result of the meetings held by a group of young men in the commercial stores of Tomas Gagliardo, with the goal to promote sports instead of the political encounters, which were common amongst young men at the time. It first location was a house located in Malecon and 9 de Octubre avenues. Since that time
and for different reasons the Club moved to different locations until the first decade of the XIX century when it settled on its current premises.
With more than a century of existence, the Club maintains an illustrious trajectory, forged with the efforts of its members, including many of the country’s presidents. Through the years it has been a center of fellowship, friendship, culture, business and social life in the city, renowned for its parties and ball dances.
The Union Club has also worked for the benefit of the least favored classes, and thus becoming part of the city’s patrimony.
Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar avenue and Olmedo boulevard.Parish: Olmedo.
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Photo: Jose Dimitrakis• The Union Club is a symbol of the society of Guayaquil.
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La Previsora BankOld Building of
HIstORY: The bui ld ing was constructed by Chilean architect Hugo Faggioni. The work lasted 18 years: from the placement of its first stone in 1920 until its final inauguration in 1938, including its expansion to Pichincha and P. Ycaza streets.
The construction was carried out during the administration of Victor Emilio Estrada.
La Previsora bank vaults worked there until 1995, and in 2009 it was sold to Tarcom Company of Guayaquil to turn the building into a clothing store.
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Address: 9 de Octubre Boulevard and Pichincha Avenue. Parish: Carbo.
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This building’s historical value derives from the famous interview held between generals Bolivar and San Martin in the exact same site on July 26, 1822, at the house of Spanish banker Manuel Antonio de Luzarraga y Echezurria. To commemorate the act, two plaques were placed on the facade, testifing the historical importance of the location.
AttRACtIOns: Despite the fact the building dates from the 1930’s, it has maintained its original facade: a portico corner building where semicircular windows
stand out resembling a rounded half point archway with balconies. The corner is cut creating a third plane as a transition between the two main facades.
The front disposes of double columns with smooth chapiter and shank, running through the building and holding up the cornice of a mezzanine with a row of decorations facing the street.
The main entrance pediment shows the building’s name and a template –also called aedicula–, and the fronton in the triangular corner window is shaped as a rounded arch, distinctive from the rest of the building’s design.
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HIstORY: The old Banco de Descuento building was erected in 1954 by Czech architect Karl Kohn Kagan, who came to Ecuador in 1939 running away from the Nazi persecution during the Second World War. The building received the award of Best Commercial Building sponsored by the
Municipality in 1954.This banking institution established in
1920 by banker and former president of the country Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, entered a liquidation process in 1985 ordered by the Superintendence of Banks, but its legal status remains unsolved. Since then, the bank
Descuento BankOld Building of
Address: Pichincha avenue #418 and Aguirre street.Parish: Rocafuerte.
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closed its doors and the Superintendence of Companies occupied the building.
AttRACtIOns: The work is a perfect symbiosis between European rationalism and the local traditions that impressed the constructor upon his arrival in Ecuador.
The columns of the façade create an architectural rhythm evocative of strength and power. The mural crafted in metal designed by architect and artist Karl Khon, displays in images the creative work of industry and commerce within a free and peaceful society.
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Sociedad ContinentalBuilding
(former America Bank)Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar Avenue and Elizalde Blind Alley. Parish: Rocafuerte.
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HIstORY: Italian architect Pedro Fontana built this property in 1925 for the Continental Society established in 1922 by businessman Lorenzo Tous to import liquors, food products and hardware articles. Later, the building belonged to the bank of America.
In 1990 a new story was added, and on June 7 of the same year the building was declared Cultural Heritage. Currently, it is occupied by the General Directorate of the Merchant Navy.
AttRACtIOns: The building has an architectural style characterized by
conc re t e a rche s and balusters, very trendy in Europe at the time. Every story has different features; the first floor has balconies w i t h b a l u s t e r s ; t h e second story, a symmetric d isposit ion of square windows with columns; and the third floor windows have various geometrical shapes.
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HIstORY: The building in which now operates the Consulate of Monaco was built in the XX century, between years 1916 and 1918, by Venezuelan engineer Francisco Manrique, as a family house that originally belonged to Alejandro Tola Pareja.
AttRACtIOns: The house has preserved the Guayaquil architectural tradition of those times: wide colonnades. The three-story building has balconies and windows in the lines of Art Nouveau, and the interiors reveal the space criteria and mastership of the builder.
Alejandro Tola Pareja house
Address: 9 de Octubre avenue #514 and Escobedo avenue.Parish: Rocafuerte.
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• The house located on a corner maintains the typical structure and façade of the Guayaquil of the XX century.
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• The interior of the house stands out for its elegance and large pillar and arches.
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HIstORY: The house Carlos Coello, built in 1929 by architect Franceso Maccaferri, is characteristic of XX century architecture, very trendy in Guayaquil from the 1920’s until the 1940’s.
AttRACtIOns: This building shows the trends of Art Nouveau: it is raised on columns with mixed geometrical shapes: arched and rectangular pillars forming a wide colonnade. The high stories have balustrade balconies and windows with round and triangular moldings. Ph
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Doctor Carlos CoelloHouseAddress: Avenue General Cordova and Victor Manuel Rendon street.Parish: Carbo.
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Address: Panama avenue and Imbabura street. Parish: Carbo.
Walter Guzman Aspiazu house
HIstORY: Italian architect Francisco Maccaferri built the house of Walter Guzman Aspiazu between 1927 and 1929.
Its relevance comes from being the only house left in the city to depict the transition between the abandonment of classic schemes and the beginning of the rationalization of architecture. Garaje Guayas, one of the first auto mechanics opened in the
city, is located next to the house, and belongs to the same architectonic ensemble.
AttRACtIOns: The luxurious house is attractive for its reminiscense of Art Nouveau. Built in concrete and marble, especially its outstanding circular marble staircase, considered one of the most beautiful of the city in its time.
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HIstORY: Home of music composer Ana Villamil Icaza –author of the anthem to Guayaquil– is considered a patrimonial house for its historical character and its XX century architecture. A plaque certifies the authenticity of the house, stating that the composer died there on October 23, 1916.
Ana Villamil HouseAddress: Chimborazo avenue and 10 de Agosto street. Parish: Rocafuerte.
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The house, which dates back to the XIX century, was originally wooden. Later it was rebuilt in reinforced concrete, preserving its original style.
AttRACtIOns: The house that combines materials like cement, wood and marble, stands out for its XIX century
structure. It is supported by eleven square columns that provide a large porch area, traditional of that time. The balconies are decorated with iron balusters and wooden blinds, characteristic of Guayaquil architecture. Modern round lanterns also stand out, placed symmetrically near the balconies.
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HIstORY: The house, whose plan belongs to Italian architect Francesco Maccaferri Colli, is an expression of Art Nouveau in the XX century, that was trendy in Guayaquil both in architectural and furniture design.
This trend was a renewal of European and American architecture, especially from Brussels, where in late XIX and early XX centuries great architectural masters were born. This new school grew apart from straight lines, making room for curves both in volume and facade.
AttRACtIOns: The house keeps the outlines of the original design. It sits on multiple arch shaped columns with circled ornamentation. It has four floors each with different characteristics: the first has a rectangular balcony and circular arched windows, the second has a small balcony in the shape of an inverted “V” in forged iron with a round ornament and rectangular windows, while the third story has no balcony and its windows are square.
Doctor Leopoldo Izquieta PerezHouseAddress: General Cordova avenue # 920 and P. Icaza street. Parish: Carbo.
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Ala-Vedra y TamaCastle Address: Colon avenue and Garcia Aviles street. Parish: Olmedo.
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HIstORY: The cast le belonged to Guayaquil businessman Jose Maria Ala-Vedra y Tama and was inaugurated on June 16, 1962. Currently it is a condominium.
AttRACtIOns : I t s Hispanic-Roman medieval style with a fortress like structure. Covering an area of 400 square meters, the building has four stories, highlighted by 76 windows and three round towers of twenty feet in diameter. The central tower is 25 meters high and the lateral ones, 20 meters.
The facade depicts four family crests; in its lower part, there are block shapes of rustic stone. The rest of the façade is covered in polished bricks.
It has two wide portals and two walled courtyards. The main entrance has an iron ornamental square fence, with a gate of the same material that opens sideways on steel rails.
It also has another square and flat gate, made of balsam wood, studded with brass lion heads. Five stairs of the staircase are carved on Andean granite stone, worked in marble, followed by the grand staircase of Carrara marble, with four sections of iron handrail.
On top of this door there is a semi-circle iron railing with tipped down spears and adorned with bronze flowers, through it one goes to the first floor and reaches the lobby, which surrounds the ladder gap. On this floor there are four balsam wood doors, one of them leads to the Gala Hall, a round saloon with four large windows; other doors lead to the spacious living rooms, and the third gives access to the bedrooms and restrooms. The castle is lit with six rock crystal chandeliers of Bohemia.
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Address: Eloy Alfaro Avenue and Venezuela Street. Parish: Ximena.
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HIstORY: The castle belonged to the Martinez-Peribonio family formed by Spanish businessman Jose Martinez Esponcedra, owner of the famous Fox cola that was packaged in the back of the property, and his wife Lucrecia Peribonio Brajcic.
Spanish architect Juan Orus Madinya built it in 1930. On March 24, 2010, the Munici-pality of Guayaquil approved the expropria-tion and occupation of the castle, which was declared Cultural Heritage of Ecuador by the National Institute of Cultural Patrimony (INPC, for its acronym in Spanish), through ministerial agreement of June 7, 1990.
The building will house soon the Carlos A. Rolando Library and the city’s Archive with works of national authors.
AttRACtIOns: The beige and cream colour fortress has three floors, 38 windows of different sizes and 13 balconies. 17 pillars support the structure and 4 towers stand out in the upper part, two on each side.
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HIstORY: The house known as “Villa Golagh” in reference to the Irish location, was built in 1925, originally for the family of Pedro Miller y Gutierrez and his wife Mercy Wright. It was designed and built by engineer Pedro Manrique Acevedo, who retook Art Nouveau lines in was later called Art Deco.
In 1949, the Piana Bruno family formed by captain Francisco Piana and his wife Clara Bruno Cavanna bought the house.
In 2006, the house was acquired by the Municipality of Guayaquil and later donated to the Ecuadorian Navy trough an agreement for a cultural project that integrates to the Armada Park.
AttRACtIOns: The style of the villa is inspired by a neoclassic castle that belonged to an ancestor of the Wright family who lived in Golagh, Ireland.
The villa is surrounded by wide gardens, beautiful palm trees and its architectonic concept gathers the best of the world’s ar-
Address: Vacas Galindo Street #301 and Jose Maria Urbina Avenue.
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chitecture of the time: It was built in rein-forced concrete and the iron, cement, tiles and decorations were brought from England.
The bottom part of the three-story house was used for the garage, kitchen, service
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areas and the bedrooms for domestic workers. The first floor corresponds to the living room accessed by a staircase, and the second floor was destined to the bedrooms of the owners. There are two towers in the
exterior of the house.The access staircase stands out for the con-
crete balusters, the iron designs of the balco-nies, iron and wood handrails and bas-reliefs that represent horse races and men.
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Cristobal ColonSchoolAddress: Rosa Borja de Icaza avenue #115 and Maracaibo street, Centenario Neighborhood.Parish: Ximena.
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HIstORY: The Catholic Salesian School Cristobal Colon was named after the discoverer of America, because at that time it was forbidden to label educational establishments with religious names. The Salesian missionary Monsignor Domingo Comin founded it on May 28, 1911, in the same building it occupies today since its anauguration in the Centenario Neighborhood.
The history of this parimonial building dates back to 1904 when several Salesian Fathers started the process to have their own building. The three-story wooden construction began in 1908 and was completed in 1911. Complementary, the wooden Maria Auxiliadora Temple –that lasted until 1928–was built in the south corner of the school. Later, between 1934 and 1936 in the same place, a new church was built by italian architect Paolo Russo Scuderi, keeping the first architectural features.
AttRACtIOns: In 1945, 34 years after the con-struction of the wooden school, during the administration of Father Cayetano Tarruel the building was demolished to begin the construction of the current concrete building, whose design and construction was led by architect Juan Orus Madinya. This work was inau-gurated in 1951 and remained without major changes until 2006. On January 15, 2007, under principalship of priest Al-fredo Espinoza, the works restar-ted and were completed in 2009. Ph
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San Jose - La SalleSchool
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Address: Tomas Martinez street and Escobedo avenue. Parish: Carbo.
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HIstORY: The history of the school dates back to 1863, but its definitive foundation was on August 23, 1870. The heritage building, the fifth in the history of the Institution, was designed by Brother Francisco Xavier Tardif Aynar, who also led the constructions works in 1939, according to a plaque placed on the building by the Alumni Association, in 1948.
The construction began on July 31, 1939. In 1960, the construction of the
Chapel, located on the second floor of the campus, was completed. Its name recalls the educational work of Juan Bautista La Salle, its Patron Saint.
AttRACtIOns: Its four-story building comprises classrooms connected by wide corridors; sports courts, an events hall in the ground floor, laboratories, gyms and administrative offices.
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HIstORY: First building of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Guayaquil, was erected between 1931 and 1932, by Jose Antonio Gomez Gault. Currently, it belongs to the Campus Las Peñas of the Polytechnics School of the Littoral (Espol).
AttRACtIOns: In its interior is remarkable the sober layout of the spiral wooden stairs. It has two gardens open to the public, which serve as habitat to six giant Galapagos tortoises brought from the Colon Archipelago, which are under the care of the College.
(current ESPOL university campus)
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Old Building of the University of Guayaquil
Medical School
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HIstORY: It was built between 1971 and 1972 by architect Manuel Gambarrotti Gavilanez, who earned the “Honorable Mention to Urban Progress” awarded annually by the City Hall to the most outstanding buildings. It belongs to the functionalist movement, which was the trendy style of the time. In March 2012 the building was certified as Cultural Heritage of the Nation.
The North American - Ecuadorian Center is a prestigious Center whose purpose is to bring the nations together, offering an internationally recognized English program; it also includes an excellent library and an
North American Ecuadorian Center
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Address: Luis Urdaneta street # 112 and General Cordova avenue. Parish: Roca.
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auditorium for artistic performances and cultural activities.
The four-story building has forty classrooms, a 500 seat auditorium; libraries, and a conference room.
AttRACtIOns: Its modern architectural design from the 1970’s, and its facade with a bas-relief mural portraying Aboriginal stylizations of the Ecuadorian Coast, made by local artist Jorge Sweet. There are several artworks inside the building.
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santo Domingo Church, the first church of Guayaquil.
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HIstORY: The Cathedral is the largest in Guayaquil and also the first temple built in the so-called New Town. The first reviews from the XVI century talk about the original wooden 1541 main temple at the foot of the hill of the Old Town, which was destroyed by a fire in 1692. After that, the Main Church was rebuilt in the New City in 1665, and has lasted in the same location for 300 years. 143 years after its construction, in 1838 the temple category was raised to Cathedral.
The construction has been remodeled several times, in 1862, the shape of the towers was changed, and 8 years later, in 1870, the height of the towers was increased, as designed by German geologist Teodoro
San Pedro ApostolMetropolitan Cathedral
Address: Chimborazo avenue and 10 de Agosto street. Parish: Rocafuerte.
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Wolf; also the images of the four apostles were placed on the facade. At the end of the XIX century, the current Cathedral was built in concrete; the process of its construction took 46 years, from the placing of the first stone in 1924 until 1970 when it was finally finished.
Three builders from different nationalities worked in the church. In the beginning, the project of the National Construction Society, designed by Italian architect Paolo Russo in Neo-Gothic style, made almost 50% of the church, including the dome crowned by an image of Christ the King crafted by sculptor Emilio Soro.
From 1941 until 1958, Spanish architect Juan Orus Madinya was in charge: he built a new façade, respecting the designs of his predecessor, and also the central nave, the towers and the interior works. In 1958, Chilean Alamiro Gonzalez led the construction until Orus retook the job and finished the temple in 1970. The work is attributed to Orus since he carried out the most part in it.
Today, the Cathedral stands imposing as a witness of the faith of the Guayaquil people, who consider the temple as an architectonic jewel and their spiritual pride.
AttRACtIOns: The building is considered an architectural gothic style jewel: in the front façade stands out the ogee that cross at the top of the dome forming arches. In the back, there are two towers with a statue of Christ the King blessing Guayaquil.
Also remarkable are the Carrara marble altar and the stained glass windows located in the top arches, the interior and the ceiling.
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In the interior of the temple, the nave and two aisles are very illuminated because of the large group of stained glass windows. At the top of the temple four groups of multicolored windows can be appreciated, with Christ as their central theme. In the arm of the cross that faces Clemente Ballen Street, scenes of the Old Testament are represented,
while in the arm of the cross that faces 10 de Agosto Street, beautiful and suggestive Marian themes are depicted. Along the central nave, the visitor can find the images of the 12 apostles. These stained glass windows, together with the one that represents the death of Christ in the cross, are the most luxurious pieces of the church.
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San FranciscoChurch
HIstORY: The church dates back to the first decade of the XVII century. History tells that the temple is connected to the transfer of the Franciscan Order to the New Town, which
had several mishaps: the then Municipality did not want to allow their settlement because it did not fit the traced border of the city. But the influence of the priests prevailed
“Our Lady of Los Angeles”
Address: Boulevard 9 de Octubre and Pedro Carbo avenue.Parish: Rocafuerte.
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• The church has an eclectic style.
and they managed to settle in the city. The building has been remodeled several times because of fires and the passing of time. The first temple was built out of wood but modern times gave way to a more stable and safer concrete construction.
AttRACtIOns: The church has an eclectic style. Its facade is formed by a main doorway and two side doors. The main one is framed by two pilasters that support entablature and pediment. The side doorways
are rectangular in shape with triangular pediments on top of their lintels. The upper structure is made of three arched windows whose frontispiece ends in a large cornice supporting two square based towers that reach a green mosaic covered dome.
The church has three naves, each with an altar and separated by colonnades. A dome crowns the naves, supported by a circular beam with linteled windows. There are paintings and sculptures illustrating the catholic faith in the interior of the church.
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La MercedChurch
H I s tO R Y : T he current temple was built in 1936, but history tells that the church already existed there in 1787, XVIII century, in the then Tiger Street –called like that because an ocelot attacked a citizen in the vicinity of the temple. Originally the temple was made of wood and through the years it was remodeled several times due to the fires that assailed the city. The church was restored in 1897, 1901 and 1927. Finally, in 1934 the construction of the new temple began, designed by Luis Fratta
with decorations of sculptor Enricco Pacciani. The construction was completed on January 26, 1936 with a fire resistant reinforced concrete structure in accordance with the city regulations of the time.
AttRACtIOns: The church’s architectonic style was inspired on the Western European Neo-Gothic – Byzantine school of the XIII century: its design is characterized by exaggerated sumptuousness and excessive artistic ornamentation. The façade
inc ludes a t r iangular tympanum, a c i rcular window (rosette) with multicolored cathedral glass and pointed arched doors. Inside the temple there are columns with elaborated Corinthian style chapiters, besides other ornamental elements like angel figures and flower vases. The Main Altar in Baroque style is carved in gold leaf; on the sides there are circular windows with cathedral glass that illuminate the area, and the altarpiece has the image of the Patron Saint of the church covered in gold leaf.
Address: Victor Manuel Rendon Street and Pedro Carbo Avenue. Parish: Carbo.
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• The style of the church belongs to the neo ghotic style. Photo: Carlos Julio Gonzalez
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San Agustín Church
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Address: Luis Urdaneta street and 6 de Marzo avenue. Parish: Rocafuerte.
HIs tORY: The Church, finally inaugurated in 1926, lived many changes throughout its existence. Its origins date back to the XVI century in 1573, when the order of San Agustin would have established in Guayaquil. Officially, the records indicate that the
Order settled in 1588 and that in 1589 the first temple was built of wood and cane in what today are Rocafuerte and Loja streets. The construction lasted 75 years, until it was ravaged by the fire of June 6, 1624, started by pirate Jaqques LHeremite Clerk during the looting of
the city. After the fire, 27 years later, the temple was entirely reconstructed of wood, but did not last more than 40 years, because the Order moved to the area of La Sabaneta in the so-called New Town.
Later, history details several renovations. One of them in 1733 by initiative of Fray Nicolas Paredes in which
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• The church style recalls the 20s architectural style .
an elegant tower was rebuilt on the newly constructed roof and several shelves were crafted as well. Changes were made in 1840, 1870, 1896 and 1899 when it was described as a very simple wooden Spanish colonial architecture, with a vast brickwork atrium surrounded
by an iron fence in the style of the Seville churches. This was burnt in the fire of 1902 that destroyed valuable sculptures and paintings. In those years, the Church of San Agustin was the favorite of the high society people of Guayaquil. After a second fire affected the Church,
the temple was moved to a chapel with the name of La Soledad.
In the XX century, on September 21, 1913 the first stone of the new temple of San Agustin was placed. The construction was finished thirteen years later, on July 4, 1926.
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HIstORY: Italian architect Paolo Russo built the church of Our Lady of Carmen back in the XIX centu-ry, in 1835, when it was just a small chapel made of cane and bijao leaves. It was officially recognized appearing in the layouts of the city in 1887, located in Quito Avenue between the streets Aduana (today Clemente Ballen Street) and the Municipality (now 10 de Agosto street). Its
construction was carried out by religious Nicanor Corral y Bandera, from Cuenca, who on July 1, 1888 requested a lot to the City Hall for the construction of a chapel. The wooden two towered temple was complete and opened three years later, in 1891. Due to damages suffered for the passing of time, the temple underwent several reconstructions. In 1935, the construction of the new
concrete temple began and was concluded after six years, in 1941, with the blessing ceremony of the façade and the two towers. But a year later, on Wednesday 13 of May 1942, the 7.7 degree earthquake that hit the city affected the building. After repairs, the Church firmly continued to host the devotion of the Guayaquil people who consider it one of their favorite churches.
La Victoria Church“Nuestra Señora del Carmen”
Address: Quito avenue and 10 de Agosto street. Parish: 9 de Octubre.
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HIstORY: It was the first church built in the city back in the year of 1548 during colonial times, and the only one preserving the mud walls and the exterior cross, characteristic of colonial temples.
It was constructed by the
Santo Domingode Guzmán
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Address: Rocafuerte Avenue and General Vernaza Street,
north-central part of the city. Parish: Tarqui.
Dominican Order that named the temple “Santo Domingo de Guzman” in honor of their founder. History tells that the church was initially made of wood and had five reconstructions on the same land, due to the fires that destroyed all of them
in 1824, 1804 and 1896. It was finally rebuilt in 1938 by Italian architect Paolo Russo.
AttRACtIOns: The church interior includes the chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompey, the image of a crucified Christ and a series of paintings about the mysteries of the Rosary.
Regarding its architec-ture, the pillars keep a Ro-manesque structure and forms adopted from Italy; the tiles with arabesques and drawings of the Motta cros –with four equal arms that symbolize the announce-ment of the Gospel– have also been kept. The lateral aisles have altars with the images of La Dolorosa, the Divine Child, the saints Ma- rianita, Catalina de la Siena, Rosa de Lima, Vicente, San Judas Tadeo, Jacinto, To-mas de Aquino and Martin de Porres. A 500 year-old mud wall also remains in the interior of the temple.
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San AlejoChurch
HIstORY: The first historical precedent of the church dates back to the XVIII century, in the first decades of 1700, when the church was a small chapel known as Capilla del Astillero (Shipyard Chapel) that offered spiritual guidance to sailors who arrived in the city.
In 1776, father Salvador Guerrrero, Mer-cedarian missioner, started the processes to build a church that was completed 21 years later, in 1797. In 1821, 24 years later, the chapel took the name of San Alejo.
In 1862, a bigger church was built, which in spite of being made of wood, managed to survive the fires of 1896. Finally, in 1950, the temple was rebuilt in reinforced concrete, remaining until today.
There are many anecdotes about the church that enrich its cultural heritage like the one that narrates the quartering of the Royal Battalion of Lima resting on its way to Quito, where the slaughtering of prisoners took place on August 2,1810. History also tells that the troops that fought in the Battle of Guayaquil of 1859, led by Gabriel Garcia Moreno and Juan Jose Flores, equipped themselves in the church.
AttRACtIOns: The church keeps some admirable relics like the images of Santa Martha, the Virgin of La Merced, the Lord of
• The church conserves its original wooden ceiling.
la Porteria, the Lord of la Buena Esperanza and San Jose, which are the oldest and were crafted in the traditional Spanish style of the colonial times. The figures have no body, just a simple wooden structure from which the head, arms and feet emerge; fabric dresses cover the structure. The are also jute and plaster figures from colonial times, representing Santa Ana and San Joaquin; and others crafted in wood by artisans from Guayaquil and Cuenca like the Virgin of La Merced and the Lord of los Azotes.
The Altar and the ceiling are completely built of wood; an entablature shows the division of the Christian churches. The semicircular ceiling of barrel vault style was elaborated with stucco brought from France.
Address: Eloy Alfaro avenue and Joaquin Chiriboga street. Parish: Olmedo.
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San JoséChurch
HIstORY: The church was one of the first constructions made of reinforced concrete in Guayaquil in the early 1900’s. Its history dates back to 1638 when it was located in the existing headquarters of the National Post Office (Chile and Aguirre streets), until 1902 when it was destroyed by a fire. The construction of the new building was in charge of Venezuelan engineer Francisco Manrique, who started in 1905 and finished in 1926.
Within religious culture, the church became important since it was the second place where the remains of Ecuadorian Saint Narcisa de Jesus stayed after her death in Lima on December 8, 1869. Her uncorrupt body was brought from Peru on June 27,1955
Address: Eloy Alfaro Avenue between Huancavilca and Manabi streets.
Parish: Olmedo.
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and stayed in the church until December 6, 1972, when she was transferred to Nobol, reason why there is a replica of the body in a room adjacent to the church that receives the daily visit of the faithful.
AttRACtIOns: The main and lateral facades, work of architect Francisco Macaferri, show Renaissance influence. The main portal has the shape of an arch ending in a large triangular pediment and two square based towers, which support their respective domes.
The interior tower has 3 bells crafted by the Paccard House of Savoy, France, and a terrace surrounded by balusters shaped in jars, spheres and other geometrical forms. There is a figure in the interior wall of the façade allusive to the biblical passage of Exo-dus, in which the serpent of desire turns into the sword of the wise man. A stained glass window rosette with 8 petals representing the beatitudes of Christian theology, can be appreciated. Over the Main Altar is located the principal dome highlighted by a lantern. We can also admire a beautiful group of pa- trimonial statues crafted by Italian sculptor Enricco Pacciani.
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• The façade of the Maria Auxiliadora church has a gothic style. Photo: Jose Dimitrakis
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María AuxiliadoraChurch
Address: Domingo Comin avenue and Daule Blind Alley. Parish: Ximena.
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HIstORY: The design and the construction of the Maria Auxiliadora Church belongs to Italian architect Paolo Russo Scuderi, who completed the work between 1934 and 1936. The administration is in charge of the religious community that manages the Cristobal Colon School, being one of the traditional churches of Guayaquil. Currently, the church was elevated to “Archdiocesan Marian Sanctuary of Maria Auxiliadora”.
In 2013, the Main Altar was renovated for the church to include an art piece
conveying the beauty of faith: a replica of the María Auxiliadora painted by artist Tomas Lorenzone under request of San Juan Bosco in 1865, for the Turin Basilica in Italy.
The oil replica, painted by artist from Cuenca David Pacururu Regalado respecting the original artwork and was inaugurated on December 8, 2013.
AttRACtIOns: Its gothic arches located at the entrance hall of the Chapel; the painting of Maria Auxiliadora over the Main Altar.
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HIstORY: The church has historical and religious value for being one of the very few preserved from colonial times. The building dates back to the XVIII century, in 1737, when
it was erected of wood and adobe in a lot at the parish entrance. It has been rebuilt several times at different stages; one of them took place in 1855 and the construction took
San Jacinto de El Morro ChurchAddress: Central street, block 123, across the central park. Parish: rural parish of El Morro.
Located: 10 minutes (by land) from General Villamil canton (Playas).
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• The inte-rior of this patrimonial church stands out for its dark wooden structure.
43 years to completion in 1898, according to local history texts. It was made of wood; with a wooden plank floor and wood columns, 20 windows in the side walls, and 3 doorways at the front.
During the first restoration, human skeletons were found under the altar, which probably belonged to priests.
In 1993, the Central Bank tried to remodel it carrying out works in the roof, but for various reasons the works couldn’t continue and the remodeling stopped for 15 years, until 2008 when the Municipality of Guayaquil intervened to restore it as part of the urban regeneration process. The church was re-inaugurated on January 30, 2010.
The remodeling work was carried out using the original materials like gold covered carved wood, and handcrafted roof tiles imitation zinc for the upper part of the towers. The church was declared cultural heritage in 1980.
AttRACtIOns: Its colonial architecture; the bell tower that can be accessed through a stairway located inside the church, from where we can appreciate nature: several windows overview a swamp surrounded by tamarind trees and the Manglarcito Island in front, where a diversity of birds nest. Another natural attraction are the pigeons that enter the church through the side edges of the temple.
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During the 1540’s Diego de Urbina organized the first settlement at the foot of Cerrito Verde (Green Hill) which later became known as Santa
Ana Hill. This settlement developed into a beautiful city along the banks of the Guayas River in the ancient Huancavilca Territory. Thanks to the skillful hands of carpenters, the wooden architecture of the city grew. Out of precious, durable woods they built balconies and portals that were unique to America.
Its location between the hills of Santa Ana and Carmen offered a commanding view of the river where sailboats carried out their port activities. This early commercial activity became the engine of the regional economy during both colonial and republican times.
Its sheltered port, located in one of the most peaceful estuaries of the west coast of the South Pacific, turned into the largest shipyard of the South Sea that Spain had.
Guayaquil was a cradle of liberty, which was achieved during the Glorious Dawn of October 9, 1820, when for the first time, in the existing Ecuadorian territory, the explicit and formal Declaration of Independence took place. The armies that liberated Quito on May 24, 1822 departed from Guayaquil. From the same city, a large contingent sealed the liberty of South America during the battles of Junin and Ayacucho.
Its geographical location had such
transcendental geopolitical importance that the only interview held between liberators Bolivar and San Martin, took place in the city on July 26, 1822.
During republican times, the dynamic river port connected the region and the country with international trade, creating thousands of job opportunities and progress for all Ecuadorians. From the port, cocoa (the golden bean) and banana were exported to the ports of Europe and North America. Also, technological advances arrived to the country through the port modernizing the life of the inhabitants.
Towards 1960, Guayaquil became a seaport that promoted the economic, social, and cultural development of the city. This attracted the interest of large shipping companies that invigorated their wealthy trade.
Its large market of diverse opportunities and the beauty of its urban landscape framed by the fresh breezes of the river, offered an ideal atmosphere for art, cultural displays, and a diverse gastronomy. These factors had characterized the city as a tourist destination of growing importance.
This city of the large river and the estuary “where the sun is a domiciled sun, which dawns laughing and sleeps playing in the Salado Estuary” as chanted by poet Pablo Hannibal Vela, open its arms to locals and foreigners, to share the effort of building a society of peace and a better world.
A brief history of Guayaquil
General Information
General informationOfficial name: Santiago de Guayaquil Patron Saint Festivities of Santiago de Guaya-quil: July 25Independence: October 9, 1820Extension: 345 square kilometers
Geographic Location: The geography of Guayaquil is characterized by its coastal location along the northwestern part of South America near the Equa-tor. It has few elevations since it is far away from the Andes Mountains. Its higher elevations are made up of small hills that cross the city and later join the mountain range called “Chongon-Colonche”, which is located to the west. There is a network of rivers formed by the Guayas to the east and the Salado Estuary to the west giving it easy access to the Pacific Ocean through the Gulf of Guayaquil. Its port advantage has made Guayaquil the largest city in Ecuador.
Elevation: 4 m (13.2 ft.)
Weather: Guayaquil can be visited any time of the year, since it does not have extreme temperatures. It has two seasons: winter (from January to May) and summer (from June to December). During win-ter season, the city is hot during the day and a little cooler at night and during the summer months its cooler during the day and nighttime.
Population: It is the largest city of the country with a population of approximately 2,500,000 inhabit-ants. The 2010 census showed that Guayaquil had 2,350, 915 inhabitants at that time.
Regional name: Guayaquilenos
Time zone: GMT -5.
Language: Spanish is the official language; how-ever, in some tourist areas, like large hotels and classy restaurants, other languages are spoken. English is the most common non-native language.
Currency: American Dollar
Postal code: EC0901
Type of government: Autonomous. The govern-ment is elected by democratic vote that elects a Mayor and Cantonal Council.
Political-Administrative distribution: The Guay-aquil canton has 16 urban parishes and 5 rural.
Attire: During the rainy season, from January to May, the city can be quite warm and very sunny, an ideal time to visit the beaches. During the day it is recommended to dress for warm weather and wear comfortable shoes. For those sunny days tourists should wear something to protect their heads, use sunblock, and even carry an umbrella. For the dry, cooler season, from June to December, dress for warm weather; however, at nighttime some may need to wear a light sweater.
voltage: 110 volts.
Local festivities:January 1: New YearFebruary or March: CarnivalMarch or April: EasterMay 1: Labor DayMay 24: Battle of PichinchaJuly 24: Birthday of Simon Bolivar.July 25: Foundation of Guayaquil.October 9: Independence of Guayaquil.november 2: Day of the DeathDecember 25: Christmas December 31: New Year’s Eve
Important telephone numbersEmergency 911national Police 101Fire Department 102Red Cross 103Ministry of Health 171Blood Bank 042- 560675 Jose Joaquin de Olmedo Airport 04-2-169000Bus Terminal of Guayaquil: 04-2-130166Civil Defense 04-2-469009Municipality of Guayaquil: 04-2-594800Judicial Police: 04-2-870439Customs Police: 04-2-489333Friend (Amigo) Telephone: 04-2-385808
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Country Codes, Phone Codes, Dialing Codes and telephone codes of the provinces and cities of Ecuador
Tourist ServicesAccommodations: There are a variety of options for all tastes and budgets: 1 to 5 star hotels and hostels. (More information in the hotel list on page 126) Air transportation: Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport, listed as one of the best in the world in its category. There are domestic flights to main tourist destinations of Ecuador. Prices can be found in the airlines’ websites. Interprovincial Buses: Departing from the modern bus terminal of Guayaquil, all destinations within the country are covered. Prices and travel comfort may vary according to the routes and transportation companies. Airport taxes: Jose Joaquín de Olmedo Airport: $31.01 (international flights); $ 6.59 (domestic flights)Bus Terminal taxes: $0.20note: Taxes are subject to change.Taxi Service: To guarantee the safety and comfort of the traveler, it is recommended the use of taxis while going to and from hotels, airports or shopping malls. Private taxi companies have call centers that arrange to pick up tourists throughout the city. Warning: do not hail a taxi on the street. Use the call center. Car rental: Rental companies operate in the city and have agencies inside the airport terminal. Use of cars: Foreigners can use their driver’s license for up to six months from the day they enter the country.Restaurants: The most exquisite gastronomy of
Ecuador and the world can be tasted in the city. There are options for all tastes and budgetsSafety: When visiting Guayaquil, tourists should take the same precautions that they would anywhere else. Do not leave your belongings unattended and avoid deserted places at night. The National Police and the Metropolitan Police guard the city’s downtown. In case of emergency you can dial 911 and you will be helped immediately.visas and customs: A visa is not required for most foreigners to enter the country for a stay of 90 days or less. However, citizens of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan and Somalia are required a visa to enter the country for any length of time.Currency: The US dollar is used. The bills and some of the coins are the same as the ones used in the United States; however, some coins are issued in the country. Euros and other currencies must be exchanged at the current exchange rate. Currency exchange: Currency can be exchanged at authorized exchange offices, hotels and banks. It is not recommended to exchange currency in the streets.
ATMsThere are ATMs throughout the city. They are easy to find, and they work with all types of debit and credit cards.Credit cards: the most accepted are Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Diners Club.
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Country code: 593Long distance dial: 00
PROVINCES:Azuay: 07Bolívar: 06Cañar: 07Carchi: 06Chimborazo: 03Cotopaxi: 03Esmeraldas: 06El Oro: 07Galápagos: 05Guayas: 04 Imbabura: 06 Loja: 07 Los Ríos: 05 Manabí: 05 Morona Santiago: 07 Orellana: 06 Pastaza: 06Pichincha: 02
Santa Elena: 04 Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas: 07Sucumbíos: 06napo: 06 Tungurahua: 03 Zamora Chinchipe: 03
CITIESAmbato: 03Atacames: 06Azoguez: 07Baños: 03Cuenca: 07El Coca: 06 Esmeraldas: 06 Guayaquil: 04Ibarra: 06 Ingapirca: 07Isla Isabela: 05 Isla San Cristóbal: 05 Isla Santa Cruz: 05
Lago Agrio: 06Loja: 07 Macas: 07 Machala: 07 Manta: 05 Montañita: 04napo: 06 Otavalo: 06 Quito: 02 Playas: 04 Portoviejo: 05 Puyo: 03 Quevedo: 05 Riobamba: 03 Salinas: 06Santa Elena: 04 Santo Domingo: 02 Tababela: 02 Tena: 06 Pichincha: 02 vilcabamba: 07Zamora: 07
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If your card is lost or stolen:Call the following numbers to block it:Diners Club: +593 (02) 2984444.American Express: 1700 242424.visa: +1 (303) 967-1096Mastercard: +1 (636) 722-7111. note: the phone numbers are subject to change. Traveller’s Checks: can be used in banking institutions; however, they are not accepted in tourist areas.
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Embassies and Consulates in Ecuador
ALBAnIA* Consular Section (Quito)Address: N44-54 Isla Santiago and Rio CocaPhone mumber: (02) 2447142 - (02) 2445272Fax: (02) 2447090Email: [email protected] hours: Mondays to Fridays: 08h30 – 16h00
ARGEnTInA*Embassy (Quito) Address: 21-147 Amazonas avenue No. and Roca, 8th floor, Offices 812 through 820Phone numbers: (02) 2527624 - (02) 2564149 - (02) 2564207 - (02) 2562292 - (02) 2564149 - (02) 2564207 - (02) 2563662.
Fax: (02) 2568177PO Box: 17 21 0002 / 17- 1-2937Email: [email protected]: www.cancillleria.gov.arOpening Hours: 09:00 to 17:00 from Mondays to FridaysCustomer service: 9:00 to 13:00 *General Consulate (Guayaquil)Address: 10 Las Monjas avenue and Carlos Julio Arosemena, “Hamburgo” Building, ground floorPhone numbers: (04) 220869 - (04) 220777Fax: (04) 2208769Email: [email protected]
AUSTRALIA*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 520 Rocafuerte and Tomás Martínez, Fundacion Leonidas Ortega Building, First floor. Phone number: (04) 6017529Fax: (04) 25014111Email:[email protected] hours: from 9:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00
AUSTRIA*Consular Section (Quito) Address: E9-53 Gaspar de Vil-laroel avenue and Shyris, third floorPhone numbers: (02) 2469700 - 099554927Fax: (02) 2443276 - (02) 2441143Email: [email protected] hours: Mondays to Fridays from 10:00 to 12:00*Honorary Consulate General in GuayaquilAddress: 718 Jorge Pérez Concha street Phone number: (04) 22384886Opening hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 to 12:00.Email: [email protected]
BAnGLADESH*Honorary Consulate in Quito Address: N35-89 Amazonas avenues and Corea, Amazonas Building 4000, 5th floor.Phone numbers: (02) 2263500 -
(02) 2263502Fax: (02) 2462562Email: [email protected] General Consul in Quito Patricio Izurieta Mora Bowen
BELARUS *Honorary Consulate in Quito Address: E7-22 Alpallana and Whymper; GF, Torres Almagro No. 9950 Phone number: (02) 2905161Email: [email protected] Consul of BelarusJaime Ortiz Barona
BELGIUM*Consular Section in Quito Address: N41-163 Los Cabildos street, Futura Building, 4th floor –Quito Tenis Residential Devel-opment, behind the Embassy of Japan. Phone numbers: (02) 2469017 / 099730860Fax: (02) 2449125PO Box: 17-07-9431Email: [email protected]*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: Las Americas Avenue, TC Television Building. San Joaquin Orravia. 3rd floorPhone number: (04) 22 83374Fax: (04) 2398857Email: consuladobelgica@tctelevisión.com
BOLIvIA*Embassy (Quito)Address: 2432 Eloy Alfaro av-enue and Fernando AyarzaPhone number: (02) 2244830 - (02) 2244831Fax: (02) 2244833PO Box: 17 21 0003Email: [email protected] Website: www.embajadabolivia.ecOpening hours: Consular: from 09:00 to13:00 Mission: from 09:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:30Quito-Ecuador*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 100 Cedros and Victor
Emilio Estrada (Urdesa) Phone numbers: (04) 2885790 – (04) 2885791 - (04) 2885789Cell phone: 099524340Email: [email protected] hours: from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 15:30 to 17:00
BRASIL*Embassy (Quito)Address: N39-123 Amazonas and Arizaga, Amazonas Build-ing Square, 7th floorPhone numbers: (02) 2277300Fax: (02) 2277003PO Box: 17 01 231Email: [email protected] Website: www.quito.itamaraty.gov.brOpening hours: from 09:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 18:00, Mondays to FridaysQuito-Ecuador*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 312 San Jorge avenue and east 3rd. street (Kennedy) Phone number: (04) 2293046 - (04) 2283825Cell phone 09-01-10444Email: [email protected] hours: from 09:00 to 14:00
BULGARIA*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: Juan Tanca Marengo avenue and Joaquín Orrantia. Executive Center Building, 7th floor, office702Phone number: (04) 2296837Business center: (04) 2291830Fax: (04) 2296895Opening hours: 09:30 a 12:45 horas Honorary Consul in Guayaquil Isabel Noboa Ponton
CAnADA*Embassy (Quito)Address: 37-29 Amazonas and Union Nacional de Periodistas, Eurocenter Building, 3rd floorPhone numbers: (02) 2455499 - (02) 2272166Fax: (02) 2277672
PO Box: 17-11-6512Email: [email protected]: www.ecuador.gc.caOpening hours: Mondays to Thursdays from 07:30 to16:00; Fridays from 07:30 to 13:00.*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 234 Francisco de Orellana avenue, Blue Towers Building, 6th floorPhone numbers: (04) 2631109 Ext. 101Email: [email protected] Consul in GuayaquilBasil Haylock
CHILE*Embassy (Quito) Address: 3617 Juan Pablo Sanz and Amazonas, Xerox Building, 4th floorPhone numbers: (02) 2453327 - (02) 2452752 - (02) 2459487Fax: (02) 2444470PO Box: 17-17-206Email: [email protected] / [email protected] hours: Mondays to Fridays from 08h30 to 17h30.*Consulate in Guayaquil Address: 100 9 de Octubre av-enue and Malecon, La Previsora Building, 23rd floor, office 2306Phone numbers: (04) 2562995 - (04) 2564919Fax: (04) 2565-151PO Box: 09-01-828Email: [email protected] Opening hours: from 08: 00 to 13:00.
CHInA*Embassy (Quito)Address: 349 Atahualpa avenue and Amazonas avenuePhone numbers: (02) 2433337 - (02) 244462 (Protocol) (02) 2433407 –Consular OfficeEmail: [email protected]: 24 44 364/62Opening hours: Mondays to Fridays: from 09:00 to 12:00 and 15:00 to 17:00. Consular Office: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from
9:00 to 11:30*Consulate General in Guaya-quil Address: Santa Cecilia Citadel, 840 Central avenue between streets 7th and 8th Phone numbers: (04) 2850338 - (04) 2850611Fax: (04) 2850125Email: [email protected] General Consul in Guayaquil Wang Weihua
COLOMBIA*Embassy (Quito) Address: N24-528 12 de Octu-bre avenue and Luis Cordero, World Trade Center, B Tower, 14th floorPhone number: (02) 2236463Fax: (02) 2221969Email: [email protected] hours: Mondays to Fridays from 08:30 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00.*Consulate in Guayaquil Address: Francisco de Orellana avenue, block 111. WTC, B Tower, 11th floor, office 1105 Phone numbers: (04) 2630670 - (04) 2630-674 - (04) 2630675Fax: (04) 2630676Opening Hours: Mondays to Fridays from 09:00 to 13:30 and 14:30 to 18:00
COSTA RICA*Embassy (Quito)Address: 111 Javier Arauz and German Aleman (behind Megamaxi and 6 de Diciembre Avenue) Phone number: (02) 2256016 - (02) 2252330Fax: (02) 2254-087PO Box: 17 -03 -301Email: [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] Opening hours: Mondays to Fridays from 08:00 to 16:00.*Consular Section in GuayaquilAddress: 2009 9 de Octubre and Los Rios, El Marques Building, 11th floorPhone number: (04) 2453065Fax: (04) 2375224Cell phone: 09-9632856
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Email: [email protected] hours: Mondays to Fridays from 08:00 to 16:00.Consul in GuayaquilRafael Saenz
CUBA*Embassy (Quito)Address: 365 Mercurio between La Razon and El VengadorPhone numbers: (02) 22 60981 - (02) 2456936 - (02) 2259183Fax: (02) 2430594Email: [email protected] / [email protected]: www.embacuba.cubaminrex.cuOpening hours: Mondays to Fridays from 08:30 to 14:30.
CYPRUS *Honorary Consulate in Quito Address: 481 Humboldt and Novoa Caamaño, Liguria Build-ing, 6th floorPhone numbers: (02) 3237758 - (02) 3237545Fax: (02) 2227344Email: [email protected] Ad-HonoremMaria Cardenas Rivadeneira
CZEC REPUBLIC*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 520 Third avenue and Fourth street, Los Ceibos Phone number: (04) 2354613Fax: (04) 2353190PO Box: 09-01-5094Email: [email protected]: www.mzv.cz/bogotaOpening hours: from 9:00 to 12:00 (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays)
DEnMARK*Consulate General in Quito Address: Business Center Plaza del Rancho, Block 1, 2nd floor, Office. 206, Eugenio Espejo avenue, Via Tanda –Miravalle sectorPhone number: (02) 3957565 – (02) 3957583PO Box: 17-17-549Email: [email protected]
/ [email protected]*Consulate in Guayaquil Address: 604 General Cordova and MendiburoPhone number: (04) 2308-020 / 099742-908Opening hours: 09:00 a 12:00 Consul GuayaquilFlemming Bo Falkentoft
DOMInICAn REPUBLIC*Embassy (Quito)Address: E 12-80 German Aleman street between Juan Ramirez and Arroyo del Río, behind Megamaxi (Batan Alto)Phone numbers: (02) 2434232 - (02) 2244478 - (02) 2269163Fax: (02) 2434275Email: [email protected] Websites: www.embajadado-minicanaecuador.comOpening hours: from 09:00 to 15:30. Customer service until 14:30
EGYPT*Embassy (Quito)Address: E 4–56 Tarqui avenue and 6 de Diciembre avenue (across El Arbolito park)Phone numbers: (02) 2509501 - (02) 2225240 - (02) 2520895Fax: (02) 2563521PO Box: 17-7-9355Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Opening hours: Mondays to Fridays from 09:00 to 15:00.Consular: Mondays to Fridays from 10:00 to 13:00.
EL SALvADOR*Embassy (Quito)Address: 123 Japon street and Amazonas avenue, Ferlo- SANT Building, 2nd floorPhone number: (02) 2254433Fax: (02) 2254431Email: [email protected]: www.elsalvador.com.ecOpening hours: Mondays to Fridays from 09:30 to 11:30.*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 511 Clemente Ballen
and BoyacaPhone numbers: (04) 2516066 – (04) 2325150Fax: (04) 2516068Opening hours: 9:00 a 18:00 horas Honorary Consul in Guayaquil Dinorah De Luzi
ESTOnIA *Honorary Consulate in Quito Address: N26-97 12 de Octubre avenue and Abraham Lincoln, Tower 1492 Building, 8th floorPhone number: (02) 298 6666Fax: (02) 298 6664Cell phone: 09 9 443137P.O Box: 17-03-719Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Opening hours: from 8:30 to 18:00
EUROPEAn UnIOn*Delegation Address: E11-160 Orellana avenue and Whimper, Schuman BuildingPhone numbers: (02) 2523 912 – (02) 2523161 – (02) 2528040Fax: (02) 2527 511Cell phone: 098790834PO Box: 17-7-9695Email: [email protected] Websites: www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/ecuadorOpening hours: Mondays to Thursdays from 08:00 to 13:00 and from 14:30 to 17:30; Fridays: 08:00 to 13:30.
FInLAnD*Consulate in Guayaquil Address: 212 Luis Urdaneta and General CordovaPhone number: (04) 2564268Fax: (04) 2561295PO Box: 09-01-4848Email: [email protected] hours: 09:00 a 12:00 and 16:00 to 18:00 Honorary Consul in GuayaquilHumberto Mata Salvador
FRAnCE*Embassy (Quito)Address: 107 Leonidas Plaza and Patria
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Phone number: (02) 2943800Fax: (02) 2943809PO Box: 1913 y 536Email: [email protected]: www.ambafran-ce-ec.org Opening hours: 08:00 a 13:00 y 14:00 a 16:30, Mondays to Thurdays Consulate: 08:00 to 13:30 on Fridays*Consulate in GuayaquilAddress: 909 Jose Mascote and HurtadoPhone number: (04) 2328442Fax: (04) 2328442Email: [email protected] hours: 10:00 a 13:00. Consul in Guayaquil Thierry Souët
GEORGIA*Honorary Consulate in QuitoAddress: N27-157 Muros and Gonzalez SuarezPhone number: (02) 2227713Cell phone: 0999801900Email: [email protected] Consul in QuitoManuel Eloy Esteban Kakabadse Navarro (OJO, TRES NOMBRES)
GERMAnY*Embassy (Quito) Address: E 10-44 Naciones Unidas avenue and Republica de El Salvador, Citiplaza Build-ing, Floors 12-14.Phone number: (02) 2970820Fax: (02) 2970815 / (02) 2970816Cell phone: 0999497967PO Box: 17-17-536E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.quito.diplo.de Opening Hours: Mondays to Thursdays: 7:30 to 12:30 and 13:00 to 16:30; Fridays: 07:30 to 13:15.* Consular Section (Guayaquil) Address: 10 Las Monjas avenue, Berlin Building, 2nd floor Phone number: (04) 2206868 - (04) 2206867Fax: (04) 2206869Email: [email protected] hours: Mondays to
Fridays from 09:00 to 12:00.
GREAT BRITAIn*Embassy (Quito)Address: Naciones Unidas and Republica de El Salvador, Citi-plaza Building, 14th floorPhone numbers: (02) 2970800 - (02) 2970801Fax: (02) 2970809SEmergency cell phone: 092029944Po Box: 17-17-830Email: [email protected] / [email protected]: www.britembquito.org.ec / www.ukinecuador.fco.gov.ukOpening hours: from 08:00 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 16:30, Mondays to Thursday, and from 8:00 to 13:00 on Fridays*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 623 General Cordova and Padre SolanoPhone numbers: (04) 25 60 400 / (04) 2563850. Extension 318Fax: (04) 25 62 641Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Consul in GuayaquilColin Robert Armstrong, CMG
GREECE*Honorary Consulate General in GuayaquilAddress: Las Americas avenue and Cosmerenela, El Bucanero Building, Office 6.Phone number: (04) 2285706Email: [email protected] hours: from 09:00 to 15:00General Consul in GuayaquilStylianos Gkiokas
GUATEMALA*Embassy (Quito)Address: 733 Republica de El Salvador and Portugal, Gabriela Building, 3rd floor, Office 301. Phone number: (02) 2459700 - (02) 2437751 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ecuador.minex.gtOpening hours: Mondays to Fridays from 09:00 to 13:00.*Consulate in Guayaquil Address: Colon 3 Business Center, Office 109.Phone numbers: (04) 2136156 - (04) 2136157Fax: (04) 2380583Opening hours: from 09:00 to 12:00.Honorary Consul in GuayaquilRafael Florido White
HAITI*Embassy (Quito) Address: E8-62 Francisco Robles between Leonidas Plaza and 6 de Diciembre.Phone number: (02) 2547565 - (02) 223-4152Fax: (02) 2224152Email: [email protected]*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: Km 8.5, Via Daule, inside the Conquistador Group, 1st floorPhone number: (04) 2250141Email: [email protected] Hours: Mondays to Fridays, from10h00 to 13h00
HOLY SEE*Embassy (Quito)Address: 692 Orellana and 6 de Diciembre avenuePhone numbers: (02) 2505200 - (02) 2505201Fax: (02) 2564810PO Box: 17 07 8980Email: [email protected] Hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 08:30 to 13:00 and from 15: 00 to 17: 30; Sat-urdays: from 08:30 to 13:00
HOnDURAS*Embassy (Quito)Address: N-277 Suecia street and Shyris avenue, Suecia Building, 5th floorPhone numbers: (02) 2438820 - (02) 2442476 - (02) 2254196Fax: (02) 2442476 POBox: 17-03-4753 Email: [email protected]
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Opening hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 09:00 to 14:00*Honorary Consulate General in GuayaquilAddress: 414 Bolivia y ChilePhone numbers: (04) 2447300Fax: (04) 2445972Opening hours: from 16:30 to 18:30.
HUnGARY*Consulate in QuitoAddress: 2859 Whimper and Orellana, Whimper BuildingPhone numbers: (02) 2506-514 – (02) 2545546Fax: (02) 2502-802PO Box: 17012371Email: [email protected] hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 09:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 18:00.
InDIA*Honorary Consulate in Quito Address: E9-24 Republica de El Salvador and Suiza, Euro Build-ing, 2nd floor, office B Phone numbers: (02) 3332212 - (02) 3332215Fax: (02) 2569-017Email: informació[email protected] / [email protected]
InDOnESIA*Embassy (Quito)Address: E15-84 Quiteño Libre street, Bellavista Neighborhood Phone number: (02) 2431717Email: [email protected]*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 203 Luque and Pedro Carbo, 4th floor, Apt. 40Phone number: (04) 2323-592Opening hours: 1 from 3:00 to 15:00 Email: [email protected] Consul in GuayaquilMarcelo Lopez Mestanza.
ISRAEL*Embassy (Quito)Address: avenue Coruña E25-58 and San Ignacio, Altana Plaza Building, 5th floor
Phone numbers: (02) 3971500 - (02) 3971502Fax: (02) 3971555Cell phone: 0984881289 –0984881288PO Box: 17-21-038Email: [email protected]: www.quito.mfa.gov.ilOpening hours: from 09:00 to 16:30, Mondays to Thursdays. From 08:30 to 14:00 on Fridays. *Consulate in Guayaquil Address: 729 9 de Octubre avenue and Boyaca, 4th floor.Phone number: (04) 2322555 – (04) 2322000Fax: (04) 2328-196Opening hours: from 09:00 to 13:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00.Honorary Consul in GuayaquilJohnny Czarninski Baier
IRAn*Embassy (Quito) Address: E14-43 Jose Queri street and Los Granados avenuePBX:(02) 334-3450 ext 200FAX:(02) 334-3450 ext 220Email: [email protected] hours: from 08:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00
ITALY*Embassy (Quito)Address: 111 La Isla street and Humberto Albornoz Phone numbers: (02) 3211322 - (02) 3211674 - (02) 3210565Fax: (02) 3210818Cell phone: 099778061PO Box: 17-03-72Email: [email protected] / [email protected]: www.ambitalquito.orgOpening hours: from 8:30 to 12:30, Mondays to Fridays*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 423 P. Icaza between Cordova and Baquerizo Moreno. Machala Bank Building, 3rd floorPhone number: (04) 2568358Fax: (04) 2568447Opening hours: from 09:00 to 13:00.
JAMAICA*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: Malecon de Entre Ríos avenue, Mediterraneo Complex # 8Phone number: (04) 2830-346Fax: (04) 2830-346Cell phone: 086542 515Email: [email protected] previous appointment is required.Honorary Consul in Guayaquil Ana María Pinchin de Ching
JAPAn*Embassy (Quito)Address: N39-123 Amazonas avenue and Jose Arizaga, Amazonas Plaza Building, floors 11 and 12Phone numbers: (02) 2278700 - (02) 2456426 - (02) 2468738Fax: (02) 2449 399PO Box: 17-21-01518Email: [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected]: www.ec.emb-ja-pam.go.jpOpening hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 08:45 to 12:30 and from 14:00 to 17:15.*Consulate in Guayaquil Address: Km 11.5 Via Daule Phone numbers: (04) 2100600 - (04) 2100973. Ext 212 - 273Fax: (04) 2100-151Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Opening hours: from 09:00 to 17:00 Honorary Consul General in GuayaquilJaime Simon Isaias
LEBAnOn*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 101 Jose Campos and Garcíi Aviles, 1st floor Phone numbers: (04) 2300988 – (04) 2563715Fax: (04) 2562-692Email: [email protected] Honorary General Consul in Guayaquil
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Juan Saade SaadeMALTA*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 905 Malecon between Victor Manuel Rendon and Junin. Simon Bolívar Building, 1st floor, Office 103Phone numbers: (04) 2301948Fax: (04) 2301948Cell phone: 094360900Email: [email protected] hours: from 9:00 to 14:00Honorary Consul in GuayaquilTrevor Harding Bickle
MExICO*Embassy (Quito) Address: N36–165 6 de Diciem-bre avenue and Naciones UnidasPhone numbers: (02) 2923770 - (02) 2923771 - (02) 5103267 - (02) 2510273Fax: (02) 2448245Email: [email protected]: www.embamex.sre.gob.mx/ecuadorOpening Hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 9h00 to 18h00.
MOnACO*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 516 9 de Octubre and EscobedoPhone numbers: (04) 2306606 - (04) 2328435Fax: (04) 2567438Opening hours: from 10:00 to 13:00Honorary Consul in GuayaquilJavier Tola Neira
MOROCCO*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 200 Victor Emilio Estrada and Balsamos Phone number: (04) 2883542Fax: (04) 2883542Email: [email protected] Opening hours: from 09:00 to 13:00. Honorary General Consul in
GuayaquilAntonio Alvarez Eljuri
nETHERALnDS*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 1502 Quisquis and Tulcan, 1st floor, Office101Phone number: (04) 2280 156Fax: (04) 2286 047Email: [email protected] hours: from 09:00 to 13:00
nICARAGUA*Embassy (Quito)Address: N31-62 Amazonas avenue and Moreno Bellido, COMONSA Building, 5th floor, Office. 5 a, (across Petro-Com-ercial gas station)Phone numbers: (02) 2550796 – (02) 2238885Fax: (02) 2550796 Ext. 105Email: [email protected] / [email protected]*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: Lomas de Urdesa (104 Las Brisas and Olmos) Km 7.5. Milantex OfficePhone numbers: (04) 2254822 – (04) 2250815Fax: (04) 2251193 – (04) 2206853Opening hours: from 09:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 17:00Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAdelsi Ivette Acevedo Perez
nORWAY*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 106 Malecon del Salado and Todos los Santos – UrdesaPhone number: (04) 2389610Fax: (04) 2384544Cell phone: 099516150Email: [email protected] hours: from 9:00 to 14:00 Honorary Consul in Guayaquil Andres Schmidt Orces
PAnAMA*Embassy (Quito)Address: E12-92 German Ale-man and Arroyo del Rio (El Batan)Phone numbers: (02) 2248321 - (02) 2431792 - (02) 2433653Fax: (02) 2275044PO Box: 17–07–9017Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Website: www.embajadadep-anamaecuador.comOpening hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 09:00 to 15:00
PARAGUAY*Embassy (Quito) Address: 24-594 12 de Octubre avenue and General Francisco Salazar, Torre Sol Verde Build-ing, 8th floor.Phone numbers: (02) 2909006Emergency cell phone: 0986247567Telefax: (02) 2909005Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Website: www.embajadadepa-raguay.ecOpening hours: from 8:30 to 16:00, Mondays to Fridays*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quil Address: Km 11. 5 Via Daule (Plasticos del Litoral)Phone numbers: (04) 2100600. Ext. 212Fax: (04) 2100-151PO Box: 09-01-1299Email: [email protected] hours: 09:00 a 17:00 Honorary General Consul in GuayaquilXavier Felix Simon Isaias
PERU*Consulate in Guayaquil Address: Francisco de Orellana avenue, Block 501, Kennedy Norte, 14th floor, office 2, Centrum BuildingPhone numbers: (04) 2280114 – (04) 2280135 – (04) 2280142Fax: (04) 2280183Cell phone: 099424664Email: [email protected]
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Website: www.consuladoperu-guayaquil.comOpening hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 09:00 to 16:00
PHILIPPInES *Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: Alborada, Block Bt. # 2Phone number: (04) 2247461Fax: (04) 241944Opening hours: 10:00 to 14:00 Honorary Consul in Guayaquil Corazon Oliva de Reyes
POLAnD*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 100 9 de Octubre avenue and Malecon. La Previ-sora Building, 29th floor, office 2901Phone numbers: (04) 2325555 – (04) 2325757Fax: (04) 2326111PO Box: 09 015 965Email: [email protected] hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 08:30 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 17:30.Honorary Consul in GuayaquilFrancisco Rizzo Pastor
PORTUGAL*Honorary Consulate en Guaya-quilAddress: 603 Los Rios and QuisquisPhone number: (04) 2293284Fax: (04) 2441991Cell phone: 094043394PO. Box: 09-01-1217Email: [email protected] Hours: from 09:00 to 12:00 and from 15:00 to 18:00Honorary Consul in GuayaquilAntonio Marques Firmino
QATAR*Embassy (Quito) Address: 1820 avenues 12 de Octubre and Cordero, suite 605, Swissotel (temporary residence) Phone number: (02) 2528865Fax: (02) 2528913Cell phone: 0981299166Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
RUMAnIA*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: Puntilla, Via Sambo-rondon, Los Lagos Residential Development Nº 28Phone number: (04) 2834088Fax: (04) 2834088Email: [email protected] hours: from 10:00 to 16:00Honorary Consul in GuayaquilMaria Fernanda Parra
RUSSIA*Embassy (Quito)Address: 4612 Reina Victoria and Ramon RocaPhone numbers: (02) 2526361 - (02) 2526375 - (02) 2554510 - (02) 2505089 (consular section)Fax: 2565-531PO Box: 17 01 3868Email: [email protected] / [email protected] (consular section)Websites: www.ecuador.mid.ruOpening hours: Mondays to Thursdays, from 08:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 19:00. On Fridays from 08:00 to 12:00*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 2703 Clemente Ballen and Asisclo Garay Phone number: (04) 2451361Fax: (04) 245-1361Email: [email protected] hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 09:00 to 13:00Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quil Alfredo Jose Ortega Maldonado
SIRIA*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 523 Huancavilca and Cacique AlvarezPhone numbers: (04) 2402902Fax: (04) 2403619Opening hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 16:00 to 18:00Honorary Consul in GuayaquilJuan Saman Abud
SLOvEnIA*Consulate (Quito) Address: N65-Galo Plaza Lasso avenue and Los Eucaliptos, diagonal to Los Recuerdos park, headquarters of Hidria Perles Ecuador S.A company.Phone number: (02) 2485213 – (02) 2471105Fax: (02) 2809022Email: [email protected]
SOUTH KOREA*Embassy (Quito) Address: 1942 12 de Octubre avenue and Cordero, World Trade Center, B Tower, 3rd floorPhone number: (02) 2909227 - (02) 2909228 - (02) 2909229Fax: (02) 2501-190PO Box: 17-03-626Email: [email protected] / [email protected] hours: from 08:30 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 17:00, Mondays to Fridays*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: Km 3.5 Via Duran – Tambo.Phone number: (04) 2224334Fax: (04) 2559-029Email: [email protected] hours: 09:00 a 16:00.Honorary Consul in GuayaquilLuis Chonillo
SPAIn*Embassy (Quito) Address: E12-73 Francisco Salazar and ToledoPhone numbers: (02) 3226296 - (02) 3226303 - (02) 3226896Fax: (02) 3227805PO Box: 17 01 9322Email: [email protected]: www.exteriores.es/embajadas/quitoOpening hours: from 08:00 to 15:30, Mondays to FridaysConsulate: 455 La Pinta and AmazonasPhone number: (02) 2555733*Consulate General in Guaya-quilAddress: corner of Velez and
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Tungurahua Phone number: (04) 6017-460Opening hours: from 08:00 to 15:30.
SWITZERLAnD*Embassy (Quito)Address: 35-17 Amazonas avenue and Juan Pablo Sanz, Xerox Building, 2nd floorPhone number: (02) 2434949Fax: (02) 2449314Cell phone: 099568258 (emer-gencies) PO Box: 17-11-4815Email: [email protected] / [email protected]: www.eda.admin. ch/quitoOpening hours: from 09:00 to 12:00, Mondays to Fridays*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: Juan Tanca Marengo Avenue, Conauto Building, 5th floor Phone numbers: (04) 2681900Fax: (04) 2681997Opening hours: from 09:00 to 12:00 Honorary General Consul in GuayaquilHerbert Frei Perez
TUnISIA*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 812 Cordova and Victor M. Rendon, Torres de la Merced Building, 5th floor, Office 7Phone numbers: (04) 2309903Fax: (04) 2309903Opening hours: from 09:00 to 12:00Honorary general Consul in GuayaquilFathi Ben Bouzid
TURKEY*Embassy (Quito)Address: No. 9-28 Sebastian de Benalcazar street between Oriente and Esmeraldas Phone numbers: (02) 2511490Fax: (02) 2511493PO Box: 170409Email: [email protected]
Opening hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 08:00 to 16:30
UnITED STATES*Embassy (Quito)Address: E12-170 Avigiras and Eloy AlfaroPhone numbers: (02) 398-5000After opening hours: (02) 398-5000Fax: (02) 398-5100PO Box: 17-17-1538Opening hours: from 08:00 to 12:30 and 13:30 to 17:00 Consular Section: (02) 398-5000Customer service: Mondays to Thursdays from 07:30 to 12:00 and from 13:30 to 15:00. Usaid: Avigiras E12-170 and Eloy AlfaroPhone number: (02) 398-5000*Consulate General in GuayaquilAddress: Santa Ana street and José Rodriguez Bonin avenueOpening hours: Mondays to Fridays from 08:00 to 17:00. Call center for other provinces of Ecuador: (04) 371-7000For Guayaquil and another cities of the Guayas province: 371-7000
URUGUAY*Embassy (Quito)Address: 2816 6 de Diciembre avenue and Paul Rivet “Jos-ueth González” Building, 9th floor Phone numbers: (02) 2563762 - (02) 2544228 - (02) 2541968Fax: (02) 2563763PO Box: 17-12-282Email: [email protected] Opening hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 09:30 to 15:30*Honorary Consulate in Guaya-quilAddress: 114 Junín and Male-con, Torres del Rio Building, 5th floor, Office 9Phone number: (04) 2311058Fax: (04) 2563952Email: [email protected] hours: Mondays to Fridays: from 09:30 to 13:30
Honorary Consul in Guayaquil Luís Alberto Trujillo Bustamante
vEnEZUELA*Embassy (Quito) Address: N30-240 Amazonas av-enue and Eloy Alfaro, COMONSA Building, floors 8 and 9Phone numbers: (02) 2554032 - (02) 2557209 - (02) 2554483Fax: (02) 2520306 - (02) 2232334 - (02) 3238318PO Box: 17-01-688Email: [email protected] Website: www.venezuela.org.ecOpening Hours: from 08:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00, Mondays to Fridays*Consulate General in GuayaquilAddress: 329 Chile and Aguirre, 2nd floor, Bontex Building Phone numbers: (04) 2326600 - (04) 2326579 - (04) 2326566Fax: (04) 2320-751Email: [email protected] Opening hours: from 09:00 to 13:00Consulate General in GuayaquilMarco Antonio Carrillo Jimenez.
HotelAccommodations
LUxURY HOTELSCOnTInEnTAL HOTELAddress: 510 Chile avenue and 10 de Agosto streetParish: RocafuertePhone numbers: 04)2329270 – (04)2325454Website: www.hotelcontinental.com.ecEmail: reservas@hotel conti-nental.com.ec
GRAnD GUAYAQUIL HOTELAddress: 1506 Boyaca avenue and Clemente Ballen streetParish: RocafuertePhone number: (04)2329690Website: www.grandhotel-guayaquil.com/Email: [email protected]
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HAMPTOn Inn BOULEvARD HOTELAddress: 432 9 de Octubre Bou-levard and Baquerizo Moreno Avenue.Parish: CarboPhone number: (04) 2329690Website: www.guayaquilhamp-toninn.comEmail: [email protected]
HILTOn COLOn HOTELAddress: Francisco de Orellana avenue and Víctor Hugo Sico-uret street.Parish: TarquiPhone number: (04)2689000Website: www.guayaquilhilton.comEmail: [email protected]
ORO vERDE HOTELAddress: 414 9 de Octubre Boulevard and Garcia Moreno Avenue.Parish: 9 de Octubre Phone numbers: (04)2327999 – (04) 2329350Website: [email protected]: www.oroverdehotelel.com
RAMADA HOTELAddress: 606 Malecon Simon Bolivar avenue and Manuel Luzarraga street.Parish: CarboPhone numbers: (04)2563036 – (04)2565555Website: www.hotelramada.comEmail: [email protected]
UnIPARK HOTEL Address: 406 Clemente Ballen street and Chile Avenue.Parish: RocafuertePhone numbers: (04) 2327100 – (04) 2328352Website: www.uniparkhotel.comEmail: [email protected]
SHERATOn HOTELAddress: Joaquín Orrantia street and Juan Tanca Marengo Av-enue, Plaza del Sol. Parish: TarquiPhone numbers: (04) 2082088 – (04)2082081
Website: www.ghlhoteles.comEmail: [email protected]
COURTYARD BY MARRIOT GUAYAQUIL Address: 236 Francisco de Orellana Avenue, Blue Towers Building.Parish: TarquiPhone numbers: (04)2082088 – (04)2082081Website: www.courtyardguaya-quil.com
HM InTERnACIOnAL Address: Kennedy Norte Citadel, Lot 7, Block 305. Parish: TarquiPhone number: (04)2280806Website: www.hmhotel.ecEmail: [email protected]
SOnESTAAddress: Joaquín Orrantia street and Leopoldo Benitez Avenue.Parish: TarquiPhone number: (04)2595900Website: http://espanol.son-esta.com/guayaquil/Email: [email protected]
HOLIDAY Inn GUAYAQUIL AIRPORT Address: Jaime Roldos Aguilera avenue (next to Jose Joaquín de Olmedo Airport).Parish: TarquiPhone number: (04) 4714610Website: www.holidayinn.com Email: [email protected]
WYnDHAM GUAYAQUIL Address: Puerto Santa Ana, at the end of Numa Pompilio Llona street in Las Peñas Neighbor-hood.Parrish: TarquiPhone number: (04)3717800Website: http://www.wynd-ham.com/hotels/ecuador/guayaquil-guayas/wyndham-guayaquil/hotel-overview
FIRST - CLASSALExAnDER HOTELAddress: 1107 Luque street and Pedro Moncayo Avenue.
Parish: RocafuertePhone numbers: (04)2532000 – (04)2328474Website: http://hotelalexander.com.ec/Email: [email protected]
DORAL HOTELAddress: 402 Chile avenue and Aguirre street. Parish: RocafuertePhone numbers: 2328490 – 2327088Website: www.hdoral.comEmail: [email protected]
RIZZO HOTELAddress: 406 Clemente Ballen street and Chile Avenue. Parish: RocafuertePhone numbers: (04)6017500 – (04)2320544Website: www.rizzohotel.ecEmail: [email protected]
SOL DE ORIEnTE HOTELAddress: 603 Aguirre street # 603 and Escobedo Avenue. Parish: RocafuertePhone numbers: (04)2325500 – (04) 2329352Website: www.hotelsoloriente.comEmail: [email protected]
SOL DE OROAddress: 1243 Lorenzo de Garaycoa avenue and Clemente Ballen street. Parish: RocafuertePhone numbers: (04)2510000 – (04)2532067/8Email: [email protected]
MARCELIUSAddress: Jose Falconi avenue and y Jose AlaVedra Tama street. Parish: TarquiPhone number: (04)6026422Website: www.hotelmarcelius.comEmail: [email protected]
GOLD CEnTER HOTELAddress: Rodolfo Baquerizo Na-zur avenue, V Stage, Alborada Citadel.
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Parish: RocafuertePhone numbers: (04)2644665 – (04)2262883Website: www.goldcenterhotel.comEmail: [email protected]
PALACE HOTELAddress: 214 Chile avenue and Luque street. Parish: Rocafuerte Phone numbers: (04)2321080 – (04) 2322887Website: www.hotelpalace-guayaquil.com.ecEmail: [email protected]
CASTELL HOTELAddress: Miguel H. Alcívar av-enue and Pumpilio Ulloa street, Kennedy Norte Citadel. Parish: TarquiPhone numbers: (04)2680190 – (04)2680099Website: www.hotelcastell.comEmail: [email protected]
CITY PLAZA HOTELAddress: 922 Boyaca avenue and Víctor Manuel Rendon street.Parish: RocaPhone number: (04)2309209Website: http://www.hotelcity-plaza.com.ec/Email: [email protected]
COROnA REAL HOTELAddress: Enrique de Grau Ruiz avenue, Sauces IX, block L11, lot 12. Parish: TarquiPhone number: (04)6020102Email: [email protected]
MAnGInG GALLERY HOTELAddress: 1608 9 de Octubre Boulevard and Garcia Moreno avenue. Parish: 9 de Octubre Category: first-classPhone numbers: (04)2395498 – (04)2691881Website: www.hotelgaleria-manging.comEmail: reservas@hotelgaleria-
manging.com
AIRPORT HOTELAddress: Americas avenue and A street. Parish: TarquiPhone number: (04)2392966Website: http://airporthotel-guayaquil.comEmail: [email protected]
SECOnD - CLASSLA TORRE HOTELAddress: 333 Chile avenue and Luque street, Torre Azul Build-ing floors 13-14 -15.Parish: Rocafuerte Phone numbers: (04)2531316 – (04)2531354Website: www.latorrehotel.com.ecEmail: [email protected]
CALIFORnIA HOTELAddress: 601 Ximena avenue and Urdaneta street. Parish: RocaPhone numbers: (04)2302538 – (04)2562548Email: [email protected]
nEvADA HOTELAddress: 710 Lorenzo de Garay-coa avenue and Quisquis street. Parish: RocaPhone number: (04)2311298
ALBORADA HOTELAddress: La Alborada Citadel, IX Stage, block 935, villa 8.Parish: TarquiPhone numbers: (04)2237251 – (04)2641444
HOTEL HOWARD JOHnSOnAddress: Juan Tanca Marengo avenue and Abel Romero Cas-tillo Avenue. Parish: TarquiPhone numbers: (04)2397374- (04)3900202Website: www.ghlhotel.com.coEmail: [email protected]
MARCELIUS HOTEL (BRAnCH)Address: Miguel H. Alcívar av-enue and Abel Romero Castillo Avenue, Kennedy Norte Citadel.
Parish: TarquiPhone number: (04)2398987Website: www.hotelmarcelius.com/indec.htmEmail: [email protected]
MALECOn Inn HOTELAddress: 203 Sucre street and Pichincha avenue. Parish: RocafuertePhone numbers: 2400457 – 2511290Website: http://www.male-coninn.com/home.html
ORQUIDEA InTERnACIOnAL HOTELAddress: 309 J.J. Olmedo Boulevard and Chile street. Parish: OlmedoPhone number: (04)2413536Website: www.orquideainterna-cionalhotel.comEmail: [email protected]
HOTEL PRESIDEnTE InTERnA-CIOnAL Address: 112 Junin street and Ximena avenue. Parish: Roca Phone number: (04)2306779Website: http://presidentein-ternacional.com/
TROPICAL InTERnACIOnAL HOTELAddress: 516 Ambato avenue and General Gomez street. Parish: AyacuchoCategory: Second-class Phone numbers: (04)2404996 – (04)6012133Website: www.hoteltropicalinn.comEmail: [email protected]
GARZOTA Inn Address: Isidro Ayora avenue and Camilo Nevarez avenue. Parish: TarquiPhone number: (04)2231888Website: http://www.hotelgar-zotainn.com
vERSAILLES InTERnACIOnAL Address: 100 Junin street and Ximena avenue.
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Parish: RocaEmail: [email protected] OnIx GOLDAddress: 514 Jose de Antepara avenue between Padre Solano y Luis Urdaneta streets. Parish: TarquiPhone number: (04)2284502
RESIDEnTIAL HOSTELFIRST-CLASSMAnSO BOUTIQUE HOSTELAddress: 1406 Malecon Simon Bolivar avenue and Aguirre streetParish: Rocafuerte Phone number: (04)2526644Website: www.manso.ecEmail: [email protected]
BOARDInG HOUSEFIRST-CLASSMAnSIOn DEL RÍOAddress: 120 Numa Pompilio Llona street, next to Puerto Santa Ana. Parish: TarquiPhone numbers: 2566044 – 2565827 – 2565983Website: www.mansiondelrio-ec.comEmail: [email protected]
APART-HOTEL FIRST-CLASSAPART HOTEL KEnnEDYAddress: Kennedy Norte Citadel (near Hilton Colon Hotel)Parish: TarquiPhone numbers: 2681 111 – 2681 060Email: [email protected]
Shopping mallsLAS vITRInASAddress: Kennedy Norte Citadel, Dr. Juan Bautista Arzube street between avenue 11 Northeast and Blind Alley 11 Northeast.
POLICEnTRO Address: Kennedy Norte Citalde. Avenues Plaza Dañin and San Jorge.
PLAZA QUIL Address: Carlos Luis Plaza Dañin avenue and Francisco Boloña street.
SAn MARInO SHOPPInG CEnTERAddress: Avenues Francisco de Orellana and Plaza Dañin.
PASEO ORELLAnAAddress: Avenues Francisco de Orellana and Santiago Castillo.
MALL DEL SOL Address: Avenues Joaquin Or-rantia and Constitucion.
ALBOCEnTROAddress: Rodolfo Baquerizo Nazur avenue and Gabriel Roldos street.
PLAZA LA GARZOTA (GARZO-CEnTRO)Address: Avenues Agustin Freire and Guillermo Pareja.
PLAZA MAYORAddress: Guillermo Pareja Rolando avenue and Segundo Cueva Celi street.
LA ROTOnDAAddress: Benjamin Carrion avenue and Third street.
CITY MALL Address: Benjamin Carrino Mora avenue and y Pedro Valverde Alvarez street.
RIOCEnTRO nORTEAddress: Avenues Francisco de Orellana and Guillermo Pareja.
PLAZA TRIÁnGULOAddress: Victor Emilio Estrada avenue and Datiles street.
AvEnTURA PLAZAAddress: Avenues Las Monjas and Carlos Julio Arosemena.
ALBAn BORJAAddress: Carlos Julio Arosemena avenue and Ilanes street.
RIOCEnTRO CEIBOSAddress: Bombero Avenue, km 6.5 Via the Coast.
PLAZA CEIBOS SHOPPInG Address: Leopoldo Carrera Calvo avenue, via Campus ESPOL Prosperina “Gustavo Galindo”.
CEnTRO COMERCIAL LOS CEIBOS Address: Los Ceibos Citadel, streets Dr. Jose de Rubira Ramos and Dr. Jose Luis Auz-landazuri.
PIAZZA LOS CEIBOSAddress: Bombero avenue, km 6.5 Via the Coast.
PLAZA COLOnIAAddress: Via the Coast, km 11.5
BLUE COAST CEnTERAddress: Via the Coast, km 11.5.
COSTALMAR SHOPPInG CEnTER Address: Via the Coast, Km 14.
LAGUnA PLAZAAddress: Via the Coast, km 12.5.
MUnICIPAL FLOWER MARKET “ZAYDA LETTY CASTILLO”Address: Machala avenue between streets Vicente Piedra-hita and Julian Coronel.
UnICEnTROAddress: Aguirre street between streets Chimborazo and Chile.
PASEO COMERCIAL EL CORREOAddress: Pedro Carbo street betnwen streets Clemente Bal-len and Aguirre
CRAFT MARKET OF GUAYAQUIL Address: streets Loja and Baquerizo Moreno.
MALECOn 2000Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar avenue from Olmedo street until Colon street.
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BAHIA MALLAddress: streets Chile and Chiriboga.
CRAFT MARKET OF MALECOn2000Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar avenue, next to Febres- Cordero street.
CRAFT SHOPPInG CEnTER MACHALAAddress: Machala avenue between streets Ayacucho and Pedro Pablo Gomez.
Terrestrial distances (km) The shortest paths are taken (urban sections are not included)
CEnTRO SUR Address: streets Chile and Azuay.
MALL DEL SURAddress: Avenues 25 de julio and Dr. Ernesto Alban.
RIOCEnTRO SURAddress: 25 de Julio avenue and y Pio Jaramillo Alvarado street.
CEnTRO COMERCIAL EL FORTÍn Address: Avenues Modesto Luque and Casuarina.
Conventions CenterSIMOn BOLIvAR COnvEnTIOn
CEnTERAddress: Las Américas avenue and Dr. Abel Romero Castillo street.
RODOLFO BAQUERIZO MOREnO
ExHIBITIOn CEnTERAddress: Boulevard 9 de Octubre avenue and Tungurahua street.
OLD SOUTH MARKET (CRYSTAL PALACE) Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar, next to Manabi street, Integration Square.
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Sports VenuesLUIS CHIRIBOGA PARRA
STADIUMAddress: streets 40 and J.
CISnE 2 SPORTS COMPLExAddress: Cooperative Cisne 2, Las Balsas Avenue.
GEORGE CAPWELL STADIUM OF EMELEC (BAnCO DEL PACI-
FICO) Address: Quito avenue between streets General Gomez, San Martín and Pio Montufar.
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YEYO URAGA BASEBALL STADIUMAddress: Tungurahua street and Damian Najera Avenue.
RAMOn UnAMUnO STADIUMAddress: streets Los Rios and Cuenca.
ABEL JIMEnEZ PARRA COLISEUMAddress: Tungurahua street and Capitan Najera Avenue.
MOnUMEnTAL STADIUM OF BARCELOnA (BAnCO DEL
PICHInCHA) Address: Barcelona avenue and Barcelona pedestrian bridge
(next to Bellavista).
MODELO STADIUM ALBERTO
SPEnCER Address: avenues Las Americas and Kennedy.
vOLTAIRE PALADInES POLO
COLISEUMAddress: avenues Las Americas and Kennedy.
BASEBALL FIELDS OF KEnnEDY CITADElAddress: Kennedy Citadel,
130
streets 7th west and G.
MIRAFLORES BASEBALL
FIELDSAddress: Victor Emilio Estrada avenue and Enrique Diaz Galar-za street.
CARLOS PEREZ PERASSO
SPORTS COURTS Address: Martha Bucaram de Roldos street and Barcelona Avenue, San Eduardo Hill, Via Daule
nATIOnAL TEnnIS CLUBAddress: Via Daule, km 6.5.
CHRISTIAn BEnITEZ BETAn-
COURT STADIUMAddress: Los Vergeles Citadel sector, between citadels Los Samanes 7 and Orquideas (6NE Santa Narcisa de Jesús Avenue), north of the city.
MULTIPORPUSE SPORTS
COURTS OF LInEAL PARK Address: Via the Coast, Km. 8.5.
ECO-SPORT TRInITARIA Address: Marcelo Mario Suarez Montesdeoca Avenue, Isla Trinitaria.
ALEJAnDRO POnCE nOBOA
STADIUMAddress: Pío Jaramillo Alvarado avenue and Sixto Duran Barrera street, Fertisa sector, Sopeña Neighborhood.
GUAYAQUIL TEnnIS CLUB Address: 9 de Octubre avenue and Lizardo Garcia street.
HORSE RIDInG COUnTRY CLUB Address: Via Daule, km 22
GUAYAQUIL COUnTRY CLUB Address: Via Daule, km 33.5
CHILD-JUvEnILE MI LOTEAddress: Mucho Lote 1, Stage 2, Block 3.
MuseumsEL FORTIn DE SAnTA AnA
MUSEUMAddress: Stair 380 of the Diego Noboa Stairways, Santa Ana Hill, northeast of the city.
JULIO JARAMILLO POPULAR
MUSIC MUSEUMAddress: Santa Ana Port, Build-ing # 3, second floor, northeast of the city.
BEER MUSEUMAddress: Santa Ana Port, Build-ing # 3, second floor, northeast of the city.
SHIPYARD MUSUEM: BARCE-
LOnA AnD EMELECAddress: Santa Ana Port, Build-ing # 3., second floor, north-east of the city.
“COROnEL FELIx LUQUE PLATA” FIREFIGHTERS MU-
SEUMAddress: Vernaza Blind Alley Malecon Simon Bolivar Avenue, Colon Square.
“MARIA EUGEnIA PUIG LInCE” HISTORY OF GUAYA-
QUIL In CLAY MUSEUMAddress: Barcelona S.C. Av-enue, between the bridges El Velero and 17th street, north-east of the city.
AnTROPOLOGICAL AnD COn-TEMPORARY ART MUSUEM (MAAC)
Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar Avenue, next to Loja street.
GUAYAQUIL In HISTORY
MInIATURE MUSEUM Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar Avenue, next to Loja street.
LUIS A. nOBOA nARAnJO
MUSEUMAddress: General Cordova avenue and P. Icaza street, downtown.
nAHIM ISAIAS MUSEUM Address: Pichincha avenue and Clemente Ballen street, Admin-istration Square, downtown.
MUnICIPAL MUSEUM OF GUAYAQUIL Address: Diez de Agosto avenue and Chile street, downtown.
CARLOS ZEBALLOS MEnEnDEZ
MUSEUM (CULTURAL CEnTER) Address: 1200 Boulevard 9 de Octubre and Pedro Moncayo street, Cultural Center of Guayas Building, 5th floor, downtown.
PRESLEY nORTOn MUSEUMAddress: Boulevard 9 de Octubre and Carchi Avenue, downtown.
BAE CALDEROn nAvAL MU-
SEUMAddress: Eloy Alfaro avenue and Cañar street (32-A SE), south of the city.
COnTEMPORARY nAvAL MU-
SEUMAddress: Fray Vacas Galindo street and Jose Maria Urbina av-enue (11 SE), south of the city.
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Gloria Gallardo ZavalaPresident of the Public And Municipal Company of Tourism,
Civic Promotion and International Relations of Guayaquil
The President of the Public and Municipal Company of Tourism, Civic Promotion and International
Relations of Guayaquil is proud to present to the people of Guayaquil, to all Ecuadorians and foreigners, the official guides of the Municipality of Guayaquil based in an inventory made by categories, with directions and parishes, including the respective maps; to promote them with our brand “Guayaquil is my destination”, which has represented a gigantic work that have had the support of the Tourism team, and the Director of Communication and Urbanism and the Vistazo Group; from historian Parsival Castro and Engineer Aldo Mora who designed the maps. My special gratitude to Carlos Julio Gonzalez and Priscilla Parker who enriched these guides with their wonderful pictures; also to Lourdes Taznic and Ana Lema for the work carried out on the Cocoa Route.
My eternal appreciation to all the people that have made possible this great work of presenting Guayaquil as “the city of the River and the Estuary”, with all its history, identity, beauty and progress; a work achieved that represent a dream come true for us.
Guayaquil is my Destination to know
its history Guayaquil is my Destination to know
its heritage Guayaquil is my Destination to know
its Museums and street Art. Guayaquil is my Destination to live
the Route of Faith Guayaquil is my Destination to have
fun and enjoy Guayaquil is my Destination to enjoy
its nature Guayaquil is my Destination to taste
its gastronomy These official guides will be available
in PDF in the website web turismo.guayaquil.gob.ec, for consults and downloads.
All the information will be also available through the mobile apps for tablets and smartphones. Tourists will be able to use GPS in their mobile devices to get to the chosen destinations. In this way, they can locate the sites they want to go and tour the city of Guayaquil.
“Guayaquil captain of my soul, owner of my destiny, you are the light that illuminates my life, where my dreams come true”.
Guayaquil is my destination.
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