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Church and Convent of La Merced<br> Scenery in Pichincha picture - Image taken from the Hill of El Panecillo; during the colonial years Catholic Religious Orders competed building beautiful and ever so larger and elaborate Temples. Quito has 30 to 35 of this such churches in only aprox 5 square miles of the old down town.
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Image taken from the Hill of El Panecillo; during the colonial years Catholic Religious Orders competed building beautiful and ever so larger and elaborate Temples. Quito has 30 to 35 of this such churches in only aprox 5 square miles of the old down town.
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