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There is a museum where fragments of wood from the altarpieces and doors of the first chapel of Guayco are exhibited, there are also bells that some distant day rang in the bell tower of this same sanctuary. This sanctuary is a great attraction for those who enjoy religious tourism, and you can attend mass, as well as participate in different religious acts. The field where the sanctuary is located is large, in miniature it resembles the Sistine Chapel. On the anniversary of the Virgin, on September 8, masses are held at all hours. Legend of the Creation of the Guayco Sanctuary It dates back to September 8, 1708, when a descendant of the Caciques Chela of the Pacatones bias, was brutally beaten by her mother, who, thinking that her thirteen-year-old daughter María de la Luz was having an affair, punished her. in such a way that it caused some trauma to his entire body and a broken head. María de la Luz, with her wounds still bleeding, took refuge in the Guayco ravine, as she did as usual, and returned home a short time later with her wounds fully healed and without traces indicating that she had never been there. wounded, when her mother saw her, she asked who had healed her wounds and the little girl replied that a beautiful lady had healed her using the water that flowed from the rock, the mother amazed at what she had told her, they went to the local priest They immediately went to the place that María de la Luz took them and found an image of the Virgin Mary, at whose feet a stream of crystalline water sprouted. The miracle spread quickly, the sick began to arrive at this place to be healed of their ailments. After some time a chapel was built. Location It belongs to the Province of Bolívar, in the parish of La Magdalena, 11 kilometers from San José de Chimbo, it is crossed internally and externally by the stream called Guayco.

Since time immemorial it has been a privileged place, it is at an altitude of 3,100 meters above sea level, which is why it is considered the highest sector of the Western Cordillera of the Andes. A large number of radio, telecommunications and shrimp repeater antennas have been installed, providing wide coverage in the country. It was a strategic place in the battles for independence. The historic Camino Real built by the Incas crosses its slopes. It preserves vestiges of carved stones as well as the famous Vía Flores, built by García Moreno.In this site you can see a number of landscapes, varied clouds of different and intense colors under a reddish sun. They constitute a mirage of painted prints at sunset and at nightfall contemplate a symphony of brightly colored lights from towns on the Coast several kilometers away, turning it into a path of unusual adventures. Highlights of the Mirador Cochabamba From Cochabamba there is a traditional aboriginal tale that appears in the magazine Historia, Cuento y Leyenda de la Ciudad de Benalcázar. Sunsets: they are the most sought after by photography lovers, to be able to capture these images you must always take into account that what you are taking is the sun, so high speeds and closed diaphragms will always be necessary. . Landscape: There are times when we would like to sit on top and listen to the natural sounds, or see how the sun goes down on the horizon, and let our thoughts get lost in the waters, and in the air, and hide there where that same sun that we observe hides. Location Cochabamba is an enclosure of the Chimbo canton, it is located in the western part, on the slopes of the Pucará hill, 13 km away, it limits with the Caluma canton and the province of Los Ríos.

Region
sierra
Province
Bolivar
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