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Maldonado Park

Maldonado Park of Riobamba The park is built in front of the Cathedral Church, it is the Plaza Mayor of the city. The construction of the city had this site as its axis, from which streets, squares and blocks were outlined (resettlement and transfer process of Riobamba, 1799). It concentrates around it patrimonial buildings where the ecclesiastical, municipal and governmental administration is located. The Italian architects Luca and Natale Tormen, delivered the work in 1917. On the sides of the park, four pools built in New York can be seen and in the center stands the statue of Pedro Vicente Maldonado that was inaugurated in 1927 and was made by Carlos Alberto Mayer. Maldonado, an illustrious Riobambeño, is considered the first and only scholar of the Royal Audience of Quito and Ecuador. In his name, Colegio Maldonado Riobamba was recognized as one of the most important in the city. Attractions Maldonado Park Monument to Pedro Vicente Maldonado. A gray marble base supports a pink marble pilaster. On its sides are commemorative plaques that stand out: the assemblies and scientific meetings that the wise man from Riobamba held in Europe. In the upper part, 4 wise men (from science, work, industry and art) hold a terrestrial globe in which the equinoctial line stands out, which Maldonado helped measure thanks to his participation in the First French Geodetic Mission. In front of the globe, a condor stands out, an emblematic bird of the Andes, which supports the central part of the Shield of Ecuador. On the globe, the figure of Pedro Vicente Maldonado contemplates the new Riobamba. In his hands he holds a compass symbolizing his scientific work and in the other a parchment reminiscent of the First Map of the Royal Audience of Quito, one of his most important works. The monument is the work of the Quito sculptor Luis Alberto Mayer. Four iron lamps with drinking fountains stand out at the 4 central ends of the park. The lamps were brought from the United States, they are the work of the J.L.Mott factory. which is responsible for the monuments of Neptune and his tritons in the Sucre Park and the Birth of Venus in the House Museum of the City. Between the Monument of Pedro Vicente Maldonado and the House Museum of the City, in the center of the gardens, stands a small milestone, placed by the Second French Geodesic Mission that marks the exact coordinates and latitudes used to wax GPS.

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Riobamba Cathedral

The Riobamba Cathedral, a symbol of Catholic religiosity and the syncretism of indigenous and Spanish culture. Meet this tourist place that has murals by Oswaldo Viteri and Pérez Esquivel. What should you know? It is open on Thursdays for the Eucharist of the Blessed Sacrament at 5:00 p.m. and on Sundays for masses at 12:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Outside it exhibits images carved on the stone walls, 3 towers, San Pedro. Inside it exhibits the mosaic of the Mestizo Christ and the Christ of Poncho. It has a stone museum, a library, and the Curia (Headquarters of the Diocese of Riobamba). It was built in the 18th century and its architectural style is baroque. San Pedro Riobamba Cathedral Its facade is built in white calcareous stone with reliefs that reflect the indigenous and Spanish syncretism, it keeps vestiges of the Colonial Riobamba. The mysteries of Christianity are represented on its façade, worked in relief drawings on white calcareous stone. In its stones you can interpret passages from the old and new testament, with aboriginal and Spanish expressions. It is made up of three levels: the plinth, the moldings and the three towers. Of the latter, the one in the center and largest contains the effigy of the city's patron saint: San Pedro. Its current construction is of a single nave, in the background is the mural of the Mestizo Christ by artist Oswaldo Viteri, which was inaugurated on April 22, 1989. On the right side is a mural of the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, painted in 1986. Pérez Esquivel's mural represents the Christ of Poncho, who is on the cross, but not crucified, he is the Christ of hope for the people. History of the Mother Church of Riobamba Main Church whose peak of construction was in 1835 under the direction of the priest José María Freile. In 1874 a contract was signed with Mr. Rafael Carrillo to extend the Cathedral to the back street, now Orozco Street, and to raise the walls above the arches. In 1876 Canon Cepeda built a spacious choir behind the main altar. In 1880, the beautiful main altar was placed, which was brought from Europe.

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Santa Barbara Chapel Riobamba

It keeps a story of faith that saved the people of Riobamb from the dangerous lightning storms that occurred due to the strong climate of the city. What should you know? It is open for prayer from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the morning and from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the afternoon from Tuesday to Sunday. It has a beautiful main altar, interior paintings and heritage sculptures. Santa Barbara Chapel Riobamba The chapel was the place where the baptismal font of the Main Church of Riobamba was located and in it Santa Bárbara is venerated, "lawyer against lightning and earthquakes". It is also known as the "Chapel of the Tabernacle". The story tells that in 1870, a lightning storm fell on Riobamba that put families in danger; its inhabitants fervently prayed to Santa Barbara for the storms to stop and faith did its thing. This, Bishop Dr. José Ordóñez declared the Saint Patron Saint of the Diocese. Since 1885, the Association of "Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament" has been operating in this chapel.

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Riobamba SRI Building

It remains imposing with its architectural style and due to its extension it can be seen from afar as if it were a majestic mansion of yesteryear. What should you know? Its neoclassical architecture exhibits delicate lowered arches. Riobamba SRI building The house belonged to the family of Raúl Vela Chiriboga, Ecuadorian Cardinal, a priest who has held high office in the Church. The house was also the headquarters of the "Empresa de Luz y Fuerza Eléctrica de Riobamba", of the Banco de Préstamos and currently belongs to the Internal Revenue Service. Schedule It is open from Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 16:00

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Riobamba House Museum

In the Casa Museo de Riobamba, artistic samples of painting, documentary festivals and permanent exhibitions of various artistic genres are presented to the public. What should you know? Hours of operation of the Riobamba House Museum Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Cost of admission to the House Museum of Riobamba Free entrance. Museum of the city of Riobamba The City Museum is a space for the exhibition of temporary and permanent samples of photography, painting, sculpture and contemporary art. Currently, in the Casa Museo de Riobamba, artistic painting exhibitions, documentary festivals and permanent exhibitions are presented to the public so that the public can admire them and obtain information, in order to "Recover, represent, disseminate, educate and debate the various manifestations that configure the Riobamba identity". In the House Museum there are rooms for the exhibition of temporary and permanent samples, a theater that bears the name of the illustrious Chimboracense Tomás Oleas Carrasco, historian, composer, singer-songwriter, writer and councilor of Riobamba; classrooms for oral presentations, workshops and the offices of the Department of Culture. It is located in one of the most sober and beautiful urban-architectural ensembles, in the purest Ecuadorian republican style, which testify to the splendor that the city reached during the twenties, in the last century. The House Museum was built in the 1900s by the Costales Dávalos family. In the year 1905 the Government functioned, at which time the Maldonado Park was not yet built, which is currently in front of the building. Then his son Francisco Costales who sold it to Max Tomaselli and this to Doña Carmela León last owner of the property. Attractions House Museum of Riobamba In the central patio of the house, the monument to the Birth of Venus is installed. Of singular beauty, this monument, together with the Neptune of Sucre Park and the pools of Maldonado Park, were elements chosen to decorate the city of Riobamba, and are part of its history and culture. The House Museum has large and elegant spaces that are at the service of the community, and also fulfill the purpose of becoming suitable rooms for holding meetings for artistic manifestations and permanent exhibitions. It also has rooms for itinerant and temporary exhibitions of government institutions and individuals.

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Riobamba Government Building

The beauty of its neoclassical architecture highlights the balconies on strong corbels, the lowered and semicircular arches of the building. What should you know? It is open from Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The beauty of its neoclassical architecture highlights the balconies on strong corbels, the lowered and semicircular arches of the building. Government Building This building forms a single complex with the Municipal Palace; built in 1892, it has wide and high walls, neoclassical style. On the ground floor there is a spacious portal with interspersed columns, wide lowered and semicircular arches, as well as sober balconies supported by strong corbels. The old facade had two roofs on the sides, with two falls, similar to the facade of the Municipal Palace and in the center of the roof there was a clock. For a long time it was the site of the Civil Registry. Currently, the Government represents the Executive Power in the province, the Chimborazo Police General Intendancy of the Ministry of the Interior and the offices of the National Heritage Institute.

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