Virgen De El Panecillo - Quito Ecuador

by Al Bourassa

Title

Virgen De El Panecillo - Quito Ecuador

Artist

Al Bourassa

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Photograph - Photographic Artworks

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This artwork is derived from a photograph taken during a tour of Ecuador and parts of Central America April 6, 2010 in the capital, Quito, Ecuador.
San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains. With a population of approximately 1,504,991 in 2005, Quito is the second most populous city in Ecuador, after Guayaquil.
El Panecillo is a hill located in the middle west of the city at an altitude of about 9,895 ft (3,016 m) above sea level. A monument to the Virgin Mary is located on top of El Panecillo and is visible from most of the city of Quito. In 1976, the Spanish artist Agustín de la Herrán Matorras was commissioned by the religious order of the Oblates to build a 134.5 ft (41 m)–tall aluminum monument of a Madonna, which was assembled on a high pedestal on the top of Panecillo. Made of approximately 7,000 pieces of aluminum, the monument was inaugurated on March 28, 1976, by the 11th archbishop of Quito, Cardinal Pablo Muñoz Vega. The figure stands on top of a globe, standing on top of a chained snake, symbolizing her triumph over evil. This is a very distinct departure from normal depictions of the virgin Mary by the addition of wings....
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