Quinta Victoria
The place
Quinta Victoria in Azuay province, Cuenca/Nulti area (interandean Cuenca valley, Ecuador), at 2528 m elevation, central interandean Andes. Continuous central Ecuador Andes cluster (batches 260-368). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Ecuador missing. A quinta (Spanish-style farm/hacienda) at altitude near Cuenca (Cuenca, Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca, 400,000 inhabitants, UNESCO 1999, colonial old town founded by the Spanish in 1557, plus the pre-Columbian Cañari people 500-1470 then the Incas 1470-1533 then the Spanish from 1533, plus the authentic Panama hat, 100% handcrafted in Cuenca from Carludovica palmata straw, plus the heritage of the Cañaris/Kañaris (a pre-Columbian people, 3000-500 BC, whose Cañari language has been lost) plus Duma Ushko, the last Cañari queen, 1533, resistance against the Inca Tupac Yupanqui, plus Ingapirca, an Inca fortification, UNESCO 1966, plus the heritage of Cotopaxi, 5897 m, an active volcano that erupted in 2015, iconic, plus Chimborazo, 6263 m, Ecuador's highest peak and the point farthest from the Earth's center due to the equatorial bulge).
The setting
Azuay, Cuenca/Nulti, interandean Cuenca valley, Ecuador, 2528 m, central interandean Andes, continuous cluster batches 260-368, quinta Spanish-style farm/hacienda at altitude, plus Cuenca 400,000 inhabitants UNESCO 1999 colonial founded 1557, plus Cañari 500-1470, Incas 1470-1533, Spanish 1533, plus authentic Panama hat handcrafted in Cuenca from Carludovica palmata straw, pre-Columbian Cañaris 3000-500 BC, plus Duma Ushko queen 1533 resistance against the Inca Tupac Yupanqui, plus Ingapirca UNESCO 1966, plus Cotopaxi 5897 m active volcano erupted 2015, plus Chimborazo 6263 m point farthest from Earth's center due to equatorial bulge, ANOMALY: Ecuador missing.
