{"id":16500,"date":"2015-07-07T01:01:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T06:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/?p=16500"},"modified":"2015-07-06T04:34:22","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T09:34:22","slug":"winged-statue-of-the-virgin-in-quito-attracts-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2015\/07\/07\/winged-statue-of-the-virgin-in-quito-attracts-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"Winged statue of the Virgin in Quito attracts tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"notranslate\"><strong>Located on the hill El Panecillo, image is 45 meters high is venerated by local Catholics;a\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"notranslate\"><strong>panoramic view of Quito is also attractive for tourists<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"><em>Jessica Marcal<\/em><\/span> <em><br \/>\n<\/em><span class=\"notranslate\">Special envoy to Quito<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cboxElement\" title=\"virgem_alada_quito\" href=\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/virgem_alada_quito.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox[27191]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27194\" src=\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/virgem_alada_quito.jpg\" alt=\"virgem_alada_quito\" width=\"194\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\">El Panecillo is a religious site well known in Quito, the capital of Ecuador.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">Located about at an altitude of about three thousand meters [9900 feet], those who visit the hill can venerate the image of the Winged Virgin, also known as Our Lady of Revelation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\">The image was created by Spanish artist Agust\u00edn de la Herran Matorras.<\/span>\u00a0It is\u00a0<span class=\"notranslate\">45 meters [148 feet] high and consists of more than seven thousand pieces of aluminum. Building the monument began on November 4, 1955 and was inaugurated on March 28, 1975. The picture is much venerated by Catholics of Quito.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\">The monument also attracts the curios of tourists.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">Blanca Cecilia Marques Barreto is from Colombia and is in Quito during the visit of Pope Francisco, which begins on Sunday, 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a wonderful image.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">We hope she continues interceding with God the Father for all of us in Colombia and the world, because I have grandchildren also studying in other countries. &#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\">Although a resident of Quito, the young Erica Cevallos was at the monument for the first time this Friday, July 3. She highlighted, in addition to the grandeur of the image, the support given to tourists with information about the monument.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\">&#8220;From here we can see the whole city of Quito, the North and the South. And for the people who are Christian it is great because you can read, learn about how it was constructed, etc&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cboxElement\" title=\"Vista_quito_equador_2\" href=\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/vista_quito_equador_2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox[27191]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27193 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/vista_quito_equador_2-600x300.jpg\" alt=\"Vista_quito_equador_2\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\">El Panecillo is considered one of the highest points of the Ecuadorian capital.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located on the hill El Panecillo, image is 45 meters high is venerated by local Catholics;a\u00a0panoramic view of Quito is also attractive for tourists Jessica Marcal Special envoy to Quito El Panecillo is a religious site well known in Quito,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9791],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16500"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16501,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16500\/revisions\/16501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}