3556 x 5260 px | 30,1 x 44,5 cm | 11,9 x 17,5 inches | 300dpi
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Madonna statue, El Panecillo, Pichincha Province, Old Town Quito, Quito- Ecuador (South America)
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Statue of La Virgen del Quito atop El Panecillo Little Bread Loaf near the Old Town of the Andean capital of 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, 397, 698 according to the last census (2001), and, as estimated by the municipality, approximately 1, 504, 991 in 2005, Quito is the second most populous city in Ecuador, after Guayaquil. It is also the capital of the Pichincha province and the seat of Quito Canton, which since the 1993-12-27 passage of the municipal law known as "Ley de Régimen para el Distrito Metropolitano de Quito" is also known as Metropolitan District of Quito. The canton had 1, 842, 201 residents in the 2001 national census. In 2008 the city was designated as the headquarters of the Union of South American Nations. 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, Pablo Cardinal Muñoz Vega. The figure stands on top of a globe, standing on top of a chained crocodile , symbolizing her triumph over evil (classic madonna iconography). What is not so traditional, however, is her wings. The monument was inspired by the famous "Virgen de Quito" (Quito's Madonna), also known as "the dancer" sculpted by Bernardo de Legarda in 1734, which
