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The Virgin of El Panecillo (in
In the 1950s, local authorities and religious leaders stood looking at El Panecillo, a loaf-shaped, 656-foot-high (200 meters) hill in central Quito. They agreed that the hilltop, visible throughout the city, was the perfect place to erect a statue. After years of debate, they decided that the statue would be a large replica of the 
Designed and built by the Spanish sculptor Agustín de la Herrán Matorras, the statue is made from 7,400 pieces of aluminum, with each piece clearly numbered. The statue was then disassembled, shipped to Ecuador, and assembled again on top of the base. The statue was finished on March 28, 1975.
File:Quito calle García Moreno.jpg, View from the north end of the Old Town, in García Moreno street.
File:Virgen de Quito Panecillo dragon.jpg, A close-up of the dragon at the feet of the Virgin of El Panecillo (it follows conventional depictions of the
Official website
(in Spanish) {{coord, -0.22888, -78.51860, format=dms, type:landmark_region:EC, display=title Buildings and structures in Quito Statues of the Virgin Mary 1975 sculptures 1975 in Ecuador 1975 architecture
The Virgin of El Panecillo (in Spanish
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: ''Virgen del Panecillo''), also known as the Virgin of Quito from the sculpture of the same name, is a monument in Quito
Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...
, Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
. It is located on the top of the hill of El Panecillo
El Panecillo (from Spanish ''panecillo'' small piece of bread, diminutive of ''pan'' bread) is a 200-metre-high hill of volcanic-origin, with loess soil, located between southern and central Quito. Its peak is at an elevation of 3,016 metres (9,8 ...
, a loaf-shaped hill in the heart of the city and serves as a backdrop to the historic center of Quito.
With a total height of including the base, it is the highest statue in Ecuador and one of the highest in South America (taller than the Christ the Redeemer statue
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in the Brazil
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ian city of Rio de Janeiro
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). It is also the tallest aluminum statue in the world.
History
In the 1950s, local authorities and religious leaders stood looking at El Panecillo, a loaf-shaped, 656-foot-high (200 meters) hill in central Quito. They agreed that the hilltop, visible throughout the city, was the perfect place to erect a statue. After years of debate, they decided that the statue would be a large replica of the Virgin of Quito
The ''Virgin of Quito'' (Spanish, ''La Virgen de Quito'') — also known as the ''Virgin of the Apocalypse'', ''Winged Virgin of Quito'', ''Dancing Madonna'', and ''Legarda's Virgin'' — is a wooden sculpture by the Quiteño artist Bernardo d ...
, a 48-inch-tall wooden sculpture created by Bernardo de Legarda in 1734.
Designed and built by the Spanish sculptor Agustín de la Herrán Matorras, the statue is made from 7,400 pieces of aluminum, with each piece clearly numbered. The statue was then disassembled, shipped to Ecuador, and assembled again on top of the base. The statue was finished on March 28, 1975.
Gallery
Woman of the Apocalypse
The Woman of the Apocalypse (or the woman clothed with the sun, el, γυνὴ περιβεβλημένη τὸν ἥλιον; Latin: ) is a figure, traditionally believed to be the Virgin Mary, described in Chapter 12 of the Book of Revelatio ...
).
File:View from Calle Esmeraldas.past Calle Chimborazo of the El Panecillo, pic.5 El Panecillo, Quito.jpg, View from Esmeraldas street in the Old Town.
File:Quito, Ecuador (Panoramics views of El Panecillo) pic.a7.jpg, Northern view of the Virgin of El Panecillo.
File:LomaPanecillo.JPG, View from the Iglesia de la Compañía, in García Moreno Street.
File:El Panecillo, Quito (at night) pic. aao1a.jpg, View at night, from the West.
File:El Panecillo, Quito (at night) (Photography by David Adam Kess).jpg, View at night, from the South.
File:El Panecillo, Quito (at night) pic bb8g2.jpg, View at night, from the East.
References
External links
Official website
(in Spanish) {{coord, -0.22888, -78.51860, format=dms, type:landmark_region:EC, display=title Buildings and structures in Quito Statues of the Virgin Mary 1975 sculptures 1975 in Ecuador 1975 architecture