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During the pre-Columbian era several tribes inhabited present-day Quito, including the Quitus from whom the city took its name. In the beginning of the 16th century, while the Inkas controlled Ecuador, Quito served as the Capital of the northern half of their empire and in 1533, the Inka General Rumiñahui destroyed Quito so that it would not fall into the hands of the advancing Spanish conquistadors.
Modern Quito is a city of two halves, Old and New. The Old City has many colonial buildings and a huge market with a lot of hustle and bustle. It remains much the same as it did at the end of the colonial period and was declared a world cultural heritage site by UNESCO in 1978.
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Quito, Ecuador
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| The New City bears no marks whatsoever of its colonial past. While the New City does not benefit from the area's brilliant history, it shines in its own right with its gleaming office buildings and bustling crowds of business people. If you take the time to explore both "Cities," neither will disappoint you. Quito’s atmosphere has a special flavor, because the modern city is mixed with the visible presence of native people. You'll encounter Quechua-speaking women shopping in their traditional clothes with dozens of beads around their necks, and children carried on their mother's backs in tightly wrapped blankets. |
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