a parish in Quito. By 1981, construction had already begun on the Middle of the World City, where a 30-meter-high monument was placed and a line was drawn to simulate the equator line. This resort ...

But the Quitsato Sundial, 50 kilometres north of Quito, was a surprise ... Dutch geographer in 1928. A bigger monument was then built around it, turning the Equator Monument into a notable landmark.

The Earth is round, so it does not have a fixed center like a flat surface. However, some countries are closest to important ...

Begin at the Independence Square, where, alongside the Presidential Palace stands the Metropolitan Cathedral and Archbishop’s Palace. In front of the center of the square is the Monumento a la ...