Shrine Of The Virgin Of Guápulo
The Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Guápulo was the first Marian devotions, Marian shrine in what is now the Republic of Ecuador, founded in 1620 in Guápulo, a beautiful corner located northeast of the city of Quito, the capital of the country, located at 2,690 meters above sea level. Friar Juan de Dios Navas affirmed that this Shrine is one of the best relics inherited from the Colony. The image of the Virgin of Guápulo was the model used for the sculpture of Our Lady of El Cisne and also that of El Quinche. To get to the Guápulo Church, you must travel along the paved road known as the "Path of the Conquerors" (Camino de los Conquistadores), which was used by Francisco de Orellana in 1542 as a route that led him to discover the Amazon River. History Around 1587, a small chapel was erected in the Real Audiencia of Quito in Guashayacu (Guápulo), dedicated to the cult of the Mother of God in the invocation of Our Lady of Guadalupe of Guápulo. This dedication has its orig ...
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