Catequilla

#10 among destinations in Ecuador

Archaeological site

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Monte Catequilla is an archaeological site in the Pomasqui Valley of Ecuador. Located in the Parish of San Antonio of Quito Canton in Pichincha Province, it has an elevation of 2,638 metres and is located on a mountaintop about 300 metres above valleys on either side. Attributed to the Pre-Columbian era Quitu-Cara culture, it was presumably used as an astronomical observatory even before the arrival of the Incas, and is the only prehispanic site in the Americas that is located precisely at the Earth's Equator. ()

Alternative names: Built: 800 (1225 years ago)Coordinates: 0°0'1"N, 78°25'43"W

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PichinchaEcuador

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Catequilla – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ciudad Mitad del Mundo, Rumicucho, Pululahua, Pomasqui Valley.

1.9 miW
Museum, Memorial
Ciudad Mitad del Mundo
49 min walk • The Ciudad Mitad del Mundo is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. It is located at San Antonio parish of the canton of Quito, 26 km north of the center of Quito.
0.9 miN
Archaeological site
Rumicucho
22 min walk • Rumicucho or Pucara de Rumicucho is an archaeological site of the Inca Empire in the parroquia of San Antonio de Pichincha, in Quito Canton, Pichincha Province. Ecuador. Rumicucho is a pucara located 23 kilometres in a straight-line distance north of the city of Quito at an elevation of 2,401 metres.
3.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Pululahua, Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve
91 min walk • Pululahua is a dormant volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The volcano is in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, approximately west-southwest of Mojanda and north of Casitahua volcanoes. Pululahua's caldera is approximately 5 km wide.
~100 ftSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Pomasqui Valley
1 min walk • Pomasqui Valley is a valley on the northern outskirts of Quito, Ecuador. It is located on the equator, the so-called "Mitad del Mundo", at an altitude of around 2,600 metres above sea level. Hot and semi-arid, it is formed by a river tributary.
5.4 miE
Locality
Maquipucuna
139 min walk • Maquipucuna is a 6,000 hectare cloud forest reserve in Ecuador. Located in the Pichincha Province, it is the closest pristine rainforest to Quito, Ecuador's capital. The reserve consists of primary and secondary montane rain forest and cloud forest.
4.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Casitahua
117 min walk • Casitahua is a dormant, eroded volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The volcano is in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, between Pululagua Volcano to the north and Pichincha Volcano approximately to the southwest.