New Cathedral (Catedral de la Immaculada) Cuenca

Plaza Abdon Calderon, Cuenca , Ecuador
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    Architectural building, Religious site

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  • 1

    Cocktails and Panama hats

    5 photos

    ... lots of colours and pretty altars. We even got to go down in the crypt where the bones of the founders of Cuenca are kept. The new cathedral wasn't as pretty apart from some stained glass windows but it was absolutely massive as it can hold 10,000 ...

  • 2

    Cuenca and Area

    ... food (we hadn't eaten much the day before so pretty much any food was good).  After lunch we went into the new cathedral which was amazing.  It was made completely out of polished granite and was absolutely massive.  After that we went to ...

  • 3

    Drizzly walk around beautiful Cuenca

    40 photos

    ... , like Machu Picchu, but it was still really interesting to learn and see first hand the footprint left by the Inkas in Cuenca/Ecuador.  Like I always say, nothing like learning when you travel... So yeah, afterwards I walked around just a bit ...

  • 4

    It's really hard to find a cardboard box in Cuenca

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    ... to explore!  There is a main square with the "New Cathedral" opposite the "Old Cathedral".  The New Cathedral was built in the 1800's!  Cuenca is still quite high up - about 2,550 metres. After exploring in the morning, we had lunch ...

  • 5

    Red roses of Cuenca

    9 photos

    ... I expected, the hotel is just down the road from the main square, which features a nice little park and the very pretty new cathedral (well, newer than the 'old' cathedral, which is also on the same square but not as grand). Around the corner ...

  • 6

    Yo Tengo Dolor de Cabesa

    ... , but it feels far safer here than it did in Quito or even Riobamba. The buildings are fantastic, particularly the fairly new Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, a huge edifice with striking sky blue domes visible across the city. Unfortunately as I ...

  • 7

    City of churches, plazas, and shrunken heads

    ... store after store offers knockoff brand shoes, fried tortillas, and ponchos. I spent some quiet time this afternoon in the "New Cathedral," which towers over the main plaza, Parque Calderón. It´s an impressive structure with huge blue domes and a ...

  • 8

    Historic town and Inca ruins

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    ... squares to explore. We walked around the centre, which has been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, visiting the impressive New Cathedral, apparently over two million bricks were used in its construction and its blue Islamic-looking domes dominate the ...

  • 9

    Cuenca

    ... back up to the centre of town and and wandered around some interesting museums for the remaining of the day. The impressive new cathedral on Parque Calderon (the main square) built around 1885 is dominated by it's large blue domes contrasting from the ...

  • 10

    Panama hat shopping in Ecuador!

    55 photos

    ... stones.        The main plaza, parque calderon is a tranquil leafy haven dominated by the majestic "new cathedral" with it's huge blue and white domes which have become a trademark of the city. Overlooked by this architectural gem ...