to discover its museums and street art

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Guayaquil
is my
Destination
TO DISCOVER ITS MUSEUMS
AND STREET ART
PUBLIC AND MUNICIPAL COMPANY OF TOURISM, CIVIC PROMOTION
AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF GUAYAQUIL
Jaime Nebot
Saadi
Major of Guayaquil
T
he phrase “Guayaquil is my Destination” conveys our invitation
to the people of Guayaquil, Ecuador and the world, to love our city
and to turn it into everybody’s favorite
tourist destination.
“Guayaquil is my Destination” stands
for the civic values of our people, whose
actions have written the pages of our
history in golden letters.
This city is renown for the hospitality
of its warm and joyful people who work
day to day to make their dreams come
true.
Both locals and foreigners have
chosen Guayaquil as their destination to
live, taking root in this land and keeping
it in their hearts, in the hearts of their
children and grandchildren.
As a man from Guayaquil, born to
this land that I love immensely, I am
honored to be its representative since
the year 2000. I have devoted my life
and my best efforts to turn Guayaquil
into the Large Cosmopolitan City in
which we live today; in a transformation
process that has not slowed down and
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that has sowed a feeling of pride in the
heart of its citizens.
“Guayaquil is my Destination”
is the tourist brand of the city that
invites everyone to visit and enjoy it. It
symbolizes, along with the Lighthouse,
the light, guidance and knowledge of
our people, representing what we
are: “GUAYAQUIL, PORT OF THE
COUNTRY”, “INDEPENDENT CITY
THAT PROGRESSES IN LIBERTY”
Guayaquil is art and culture. Our
Museums narrate the history of this
great city forged with its children’s effort.
The city’s cultural value is reflected
in pictorial works, ancestral pieces,
sculptures and sacred art, alongside with
modern artistic expressions depicted
in murals and stained glass windows–
known as street art—which adorn
avenues, squares and parks and enrich
the natural landscape that surrounds us.
I invite you to discover the real
identity of Guayaquil, through its art and
culture.
Guayaquil, july 1 de 2015
INDEX
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Guayaquil is my destination to know its
Museums and Street Art)
MUSEUMS
6 Municipal Museum of Guayaquil
12 Presley Norton Museum
16 Guayaquil in History Miniature
Museum
22 “Maria Eugenia Puig Lince”
Municipal Museum of Art
28 “Julio Jaramillo Laurido” Popular
Music Museum
34 Beer Museum
38 Astillero Museums: Barcelona and
Emelec
42 “Coronel Felix Luque Plata”
Firefighters Museum
46 Antropological Museum of
Contemporary Art (MAAC)
50 Luis Noboa Naranjo Museum
52 Nahim Isaias Museum
54 El Fortin of Santa Ana Hill Museum
60 Contemporary Naval Museum
62 Bae Abdon Calderon Museum
LIBRARIES
64 Municipal Library
66 MAAC Library
STREET ART
68 Manhattan mural: A tribute to
Aracely Gilbert
69 Our Ecuadorian Coast
70 Fauna and Flora of our Ecuador
71 Life in the Mangrove
72 Gardens
73 Composite Rhythms in Chromatic
Symphonies
74 The Man of my Land
75 Mother Nature
76 Abstract Art
77 Land of Light
78 Tribute mural to Antonio del
Campo Moreno
79 Ecological Designs
80 Cosmopolitan City
Tropical Navegation
Folklore Experiencies of Guayaquil
Nature in Motion
Historical Mural Eloy Alfaro
The City: Urban and Ecological
Contexts
86 Aborigine Designs
87 My Beautiful Coast
88 This is my Beautiful Land
89 Scenes of the Old Guayaquil:
Homage to Luis Wallpher Bermeo)
90 Ecological Trees
91 Compositions fron Guayaquil
92 Urban Signs
93 Flora and Fauna in Resurrection
94 Royal Shipyards of Guayaquil
95 Our Tropic
96 City that Shines
97 Everyday Multicolored Fauna
98 Compositions from Guayaquil
99 Trees and Mangroves of my City
100Lost Mural
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SAINED GLASS WINDOWS
101History of Guayaquil
102Glorious Dawn
103Guayaquil for the Nation
103The Story of Guayas and Quil
104Guayaquil Conquers the sky
104History of Guayaquil’s Foundation
SCULPTURES
106Juan Pueblo
107The Parrot
107The Iguana
108 Monkey
108Catfish
109The Tightrope
109Kinetic Sculpture Like a Fish in
Water
110Horse head
110Venus of Valdivia
111Quixote and Sancho Panza
111Friends of my garden
112The Fisherman
112Bird’s flight
113Boars
113The Faun and the Bacchante
114General Information
131 Message Ms. Gloria Gallardo
Z., President of the Municipal Public
Company of Tourism, Civic Promotion
and International Relations
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Communication department
of the museums of Guayaquil
and their websites.
Municipal Museum of
Guayaquil.
• Presley Norton Museum:
Central Bank of Ecuador.
• Armada of Ecuador. Naval
Museums.
• Nahim Isaias Museum:
Cosmogonias.
• Luis A. Noboa Naranjo
Museum
• Barcelona S. C. Museum
• Head of Specific Projects:
Management Planning,
Appraisals and Records.
Municipality of Guayaquil.
• House of Ecuadorian Culture.
Nucleus of Guayas.
• Guayaquil outdoor museum:
Diego Falconi Parker. Priscila
Parker Rendon (2010).
• Aviles, Efren. Encyclopedia
of Ecuador.
• Daily Chronicles El Universo,
El Telegrafo, Expreso, Hoy
and PP.
Editorial managment:
Gloria Gallardo Zavala.
Historical Research:
Parsival Castro Pita.
Graphic designing:
Juan Alberto García
Production:
Melida Pluas Torres.
Cover Photos:
Priscila Parkeer and
César Mera
Photos:
Priscila Parker, Cesar Mera
Efren Aviles M.,
Carlos Julio Gonzalez,
Christian Brückmann,
Parsival Castro,
Raul Suconota,
Jose Dimitrakis,
Ivan Navarrete,
Freddy Moreno,
Piero Burneo,
Javier Fuentes, Daniel Avila
Map:
Oscar Arias
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Guayaquil
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Introduction
GUAYAQUIL IS
MY DESTINATION
TO DISCOVER ITS
MUSEUMS AND
STREET ART
Photo: Press direction, Municipality of Guayaquil
G
uayaquil is a city that breathes art
and culture, a destination of great
tourist interest. Its high cultural
value is showcased in fourteen
museums that from different perspectives
reveal the identity of this city port.
G ua y a q u i l mu s e u ms of f e r t he
possibility to appreciate several cultural
manifestations of the city, recounting its
history and recreating the stages and most
important scenes of the city’s life through
time.
S o me mu s e u ms h ig h l ig ht t he
importance of emblematic institutions like
the National Navy and the Fire Department.
Others, display popular culture icons like
the Music Museum; the Main Soccer Teams
Museum of Guayaquil, or the Beer Museum.
In this wide range of exhibitions no
expression of art is left out. The Museums
panoply include paintings, sculptures,
numismatic displays, sacred art, and
archeological pieces that gave origin to
our identity.
Cosmopolitan city scenes are also
portrayed in murals and stained glass
windows of “Street Art” depicted all over
the city under the overpasses, in viaducts,
traffic exchangers, land terminal, airport,
streets and parks.
Guayaquil art is also manifest in
representative sculptures in parks and
squares, which recall aspects of the local
history, identity and folklore: Juan Pueblo,
icon character of the city, pays tribute to
the modest worker struggling to progress;
sculptures portraying endemic fauna
like the iguana, the monkey, the parrot
and the catfish; popular characters like
the fisherman and the equilibrist; or the
ones depicting various themes like “Don
Quixote”, the “Venus of Valdivia” or “The
Faun and the Bacchante”; among others.
This guide will take you in a tour of
the city, a destination also to discover its
culture.
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Municipal Museum of
Guayaquil
( H E R I TAG E )
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Museums / Municipal Museum of Guayaquil
Photo: César Mera
Address: Sucre Street between Chile and Pedro Carbo avenues. Parish: Rocafuerte. Visiting
Hours: Tuesdays to Saturdays from 09h00 to 17h30. Phone number: +593 (04) 2594800 Ext.
7402 – 7403. Website: www.museodeguayaquil.com Admission: free.
History: The first initiative of the
Museum of Guayaquil belongs to patriot Pedro
Carbo Noboa. According to the official website
(www.museodeguayaquil.com), Carbo Noboa
founded the Industrial Museum in the City Hall
on May 1, 1863, with an exhibition of the time’s
technological breakthroughs. There it lasted
until 1908 when it was consumed by a fire.
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Photo: Efrén Avilés M.
The current Museum held its opening on
August 9, 1909 –under the period of major
Armando Pareja Coronel– as part of the
centennial celebration of the “The First Outcry
for Ecuador’s Independence”. The museum
comprised two sections: one of national
history and one devoted to art and science,
replacing the industrial Museum. Its first
director Camilo Destruge Illingworth was also
appointed Municipal Librarian.
The official name was “Museo Municipal
El Industrial de la Biblioteca Edilicia” and it • Act of Independence of Guayaquil.
was located at the chalet of Dr. Mario Morla.
It owned a collection of more than 1000 was inaugurated during the administration
archeological, colonial art and numismatic of major Luis Robles Plaza. In 1992, during
the first administration of major Leon Febrespieces.
The Museum moved to its own wooden Cordero, the Museum was remodeled. And in
building –designed by Portuguese architect 2008 it was restored again under the process or
Raul Maria Pereira– on August 10, 1916. This urban regeneration carried out by major Jaime
construction was demolished in 1939; and the Nebot. Currently, the collection is composed by
Museum went back to the Municipal Palace more than 12000 pieces.
for 13 years.
On October 8, 1958, the current building
Attractions: The main façade
–designed by engineer Miguel Salem Dibo– mural worked in glazed ceramic and corrugated
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• The colony room “guarded” by a wax statue of
a soldier of the time.
• Tola on display at the Columbian Room.
Rooms: Ground floor: Historic. PreHispanic, Hispanic, Colony, Independence,
iron rods by Guayaquil artist Jorge Swett; the
Manteño-Huancavilca culture chairs located
at the entrance; the vehicle that belonged to
Pedro Carbo Noboa, considered a classic of the
automotive industry; the pre-Hispanic pieces
and the old octagonal windows that remain in
the Museum.
Other attractions include the pre-Hispanic
room, which exhibits the development of the
Coast cultures; the anthropomorphic stone
monolith that has been exposed since the
inauguration; the bronze bust of general
Antonio Jose de Sucre; and, a Guasango wood
Totem of 32 carved figures that was found in
Las Negras Hill and is located in the hall of
the Museum.
The museum also hosts approximately 2000
objects that belonged to the pre-Columbian
cultures of the coast and sierra regions; art
collections and objects from Colonial times like
paintings, portraits, coins, and medallions.
• Columbian Room, San Biritute.
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Republic, XX Century and the Presidents room.
Top floor: Modern. Multipurpose,
Contemporary Art, Auditorium, Religious
Art, Numismatic; temporary exhibitions and
technical reserve of the Museum.
Religious Art Room: Throughout human
history, art has proven an important ally to the
Pre-Hispanic Room: Presents beautiful
ceramic, metal and stone objects from the
“Formative” period that lasted 3000 years,
from 3.500 BC until 500 BC. Its name refers to
the important agricultural advances achieved
by the aboriginal inhabitants of ancient
Ecuadorian territory, which allowed them to
build a stable, settled and organized society.
This society also reached aesthetic
developments in ceramic and other handicrafts.
The formative cultures of the coast were:
Valdivia, Machalilla and Chorrera.
Colonial Room: The “birth title” of our
city and the history behind its name are
exhibited in this room. The first contact
between the natives of the Gulf of Guayaquil
and the Spanish navigators is also presented
here: In 1526, the rafts of the Puna people
led by Chief Tumbala intercepted the Spanish
conqueror Francisco Pizarro.
The room also exhibits Spanish firearms, a
diorama from the old church of Santo Domingo,
the layouts of Guayaquil traced between 1170
and 1772 by Francisco Requena and Ramon
Garcia de Leon y Pizarro, and a scale model
of the city made by architect Parsival Castro
according to a sketch made in 1858 by Manuel
Villavicencio.
• Independence Hall where the act and statues and images of the Patriots is.
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system changed
many religions,
as a result of the
providing them
s p e c ia l i z a t io n
with
several
of labor and the
styles, shapes
changing social
and expressions
structures. The
to convey their
obsolescence of
dogmas. In this
the system led
room there is
the peoples to
an exhibition of
create a unique
mystic scenes
element, whose
found in religious
exchange value
paintings from
the churches of “Meeting of Two Cultures” displayed in the Colonial Room. would allow them
to acquire goods
Guayaquil; icons
and archetypes of sacred art, and sculptures and services.
crafted by colonial artists like Diego de Robles.
Services: The Municipal Museum
Numismatic Room: Before the creation holds diverse pictorial exhibits, namely the
of coins as means of trade, a barter system was “Salón de Julio” of fine arts to celebrate the
used to perform commercial transactions. The Foundation of Guayaquil.
• Room Siglo XX in which a car of the time is displayed as Dr. Carbo Noboa.
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Presley Norton
M useum
(HERITAGE)
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Museums / Presley Norton Museum
Address: Boulevard 9 de Octubre and Carchi avenue, northeast of the city. Parish: 9 de Octubre.
Visiting Hours: Tuesdays to Fridays from 08h30 to 16h30; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from
10h00 to 16h00. Phone numbers: +593(04 2293423 – +593(04) 2293623.
Website: www.museos.gob.ec Admission: free.
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• Museum inside the lamp stands fine crystals.
History: The museum is located at
the house that used to belong to journalist
Ismael Perez Pazmiño, founder of El Universo
newspaper, who named the villa Rosa Herlinda,
in honor of his wife.
The design and construction of the Museum
belongs to Spanish architect Joaquin PerezNin de Cardona. It was built between 1936 and
1940 and inaugurated in 1941.
By the end of the 1970s, the mansion
was owned by several financial institutions
until 1978 when it was transformed into the
archeological museum of the Pacific Bank, which
acquired 8000 cultural pieces that year. In 2003
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Museum / Presley Norton Museum
Photo: Parsival Castro
the Central Bank took charge of the museum
starting a restoration process that turned it into
a museographic and cultural center.
Currently, this heritage property serves as
headquarters for the Presley Norton Museum
inaugurated in 2007. Its name pays tribute to
the investigative work of archeologist Presley
Norton Yoder (1932 – 1993), who donated
his findings on the life and magical traditions
as well as archeological pieces from the
aboriginals of the coastal region.
Norton discovered a large archeological
reserve in 1970 in Salango, place where he
established a museum. The exhibition is part
• The museum displays a collection of contemporary art.
of a collection of objects gathered by Norton
and Leonor Perez. His legacy also includes
jewelry and ornaments that bear testimony of
the development of metallurgy in the aborigine
peoples of the coast.
Attractions: The museum has a
valuable archeological collection from the
coastal region, mainly from the cultures
Valdivia (400 BC -1500 BC) and Machalilla
(1500 BC – 800 BC). The exhibition comprises
8000 cultural pieces that dazzle for their
beauty and aesthetic quality.
Regarding the building, it presents a nice
stylistic mixture of wood and concrete, which
evokes the classic Spanish architecture.
The design has an upper gallery that leads
to the bedrooms of the old residence, which
keeps a valuable fine crystal lamp. The refined
finishes of the ceilings and the moldings of the
columns and walls can be admired.
Services: The Museum has an
audiovisual room that presents the collection
in a cinematic form explaining briefly the
history of the Pre-Hispanic cultures of the
country. It also hosts a souvenir shop and a
cybercafe for tourists.
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Guayaquil in
History
M I N I AT U R E
M U S E U M
Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar avenue, next to Loja street.
Parish: Carbo. Visiting Hours: Tuesdays to Sundays from 09h00 to 13h30 and from 16h00
to 20h00. Phone numbers: +593(04) 2563078 – +593(04) 2563079 – +593(04) 2563087.
Admission: Adults: $3,00, Childrens: $2,00, Disabled and the Elderly: $1,50
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Museums / Guayaquil in History Miniature Museum
miniature clay statuettes, 15 scenes (dioramas)
capture the development of Guayaquil and its
evolution into today’s cosmopolitan city.
The display is considered a didactic project
valued between 500 and 600 thousand dollars,
aimed to provide visitors of all ages with a
45 minute tour showing the beginnings and
development of the city in an entertaining way.
Attractions: The technique known
as diorama consists in recreating real environ-
History: The Museum is a joint project
between the Municipality of Guayaquil and the
Foundation Malecon 2000 with the support
of private companies. It was inaugurated on
October 26, 2006.
The work belongs to Guayaquil sculptor
Edgar Cevallos Rosales. The exhibition offers
a fantasy world of impressive beauty that
exposes an ancestral and historical reality
transporting the visitor through time.
The museum is one of the most important
cultural centers of the country: through
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• Diorama of the season Origins of Our Ancestors.
ments through small scenarios and three-dimensional characters. It has four buttons
with different functions: when one of them is
pushed a set of lights and audio is activated,
which support the description of the event.
Guayaquil can be appreciated in its different
stages, from the XVI to the XXI century. The
exhibition encompasses the beginnings of the
city, when it was a virgin jungle inhabited by
Huancavilca aborigines; through the pirate
attacks, the great fire that destroyed it, the
independence movement, the conformation
of the republic, the cocoa boom and the
cosmopolitan metropolis of today. Different
scenes can be appreciated like miniature
statuettes of the lush jungle, the small wooden
houses, the modern buildings and more. The
exhibition comprises more than 15 stations,
each one with its descriptive name:
• Staging Modern Guayaquil in which
stands the sculpture of the iguana, an
animal symbol of the city.
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• Diorama which recreates the pirates in the Gulf.
Stations:
1) “Origins of our ancestors”: It
shows the birth of the city and its first inhabitants, back in the years of 6000 and 3500
BC. We can see the jungle that prolonged to
the river where the lifestyle of the natives and
their houses is depicted.
2) Foundations: Scenes from the various
foundations of the city are exhibited; also
the attack against the aboriginals until the
definitive foundation took place.
3) Shipyard of the Pacific: Portrays
Guayaquil as the first naval shipyard of the Pacific Ocean, from 1547 until 1741, showing the
different vessels built there: approximately
170 deep-draft ships.
4) Pirates in the gulf:
Recreates the attack of the pirates in the
Gulf of Guayaquil through a scene that revives
the six occasions in which the city was looted
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• Diorama More City: staged urban regeneration undertaken by the Municipality of Guayaquil.
by the pirates. It highlights the Guayaquil
people’s courage during the clashes.
5) Old City and New City: Stages the
era between 1730 and 1769 when the then
governor moved the so-called Old City that
was located in a place full of estuaries and
bridges, to a safer place at the foot of the
existing Santa Ana Hill.
6) Aurora Gloriosa: Shows the
libertarian feat of the city, known as Glorious
Dawn. The so-called Forge of Vulcan where
the Independence of Guayaquil was planned
is recreated.
7) Guayaquil por la Patria: Depicts
the contribution of the city to the country’s
Independence between 1821 and 1823:
with shipments of men, weapons and
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equipment from the Independent Republic
of Guayaquil, to support the battles that
took place for to the independence of
Quito.
8) Republic of Ecuador: Shows the
formation of the Republic of Ecuador recreating
the agreement reached by liberators Bolivar
and San Martin to free the city back in the
years of 1824 and 1827.
9) The March Revolution: Recreates the
overthrow of Juan Jose Flores, first president
of the country, who pretended to perpetuate
himself in power and was confronted by
Guayaquil troops.
10) Prosperity Times: It exhibits the
economic activities of the city during the
cocoa and trade booms.
11) Great Fire of Guayaquil: Recounts
the fire that destroyed the city at the beginning
of the XX century, consuming almost all the
bamboo and wood constructions.
12) XX Century: Recreation of modern
times that depicts the growth of the city; its
urban development and philanthropy.
13) Guayaquil vive por ti: A scene
that recreates today’s big urban works such
as Malecon 2000.
14) Mas Ciudad:
It recreates new infrastructure works like the
airport, the land terminal, etcétera.
15) White March:
Recounts the manifestation that was carried
out by the people of Guayaquil to demand more
safety in the city.
Services: The museum offers English,
Italian and Portuguese speaking guides to
serve foreign tourists. School groups are also
welcomed.
• Staging Modern Guayaquil with its terminal and its airport.
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“María Eugenia
Puig Lince”
M U N I C I PA L
M U S E U M
O F
A R T
[THE HISTORY OF GUAYAQUIL AND ECUADOR IN CLAY]
Address: Barcelona S.C. Avenue, between the bridges El Velero and 17th Street. Parish: Tarqui.
Visiting Hours: Mondays to Sundays from 10h00 to 17h00. Admission: free.
History: The Museum was inaugurated
on November 15, 2013 and bears the name
of Maria Eugenia Puig Lince, Guayaquil
intellectual, poet and diplomat who was born
on 1919, and died in 2001.
Within this cultural space of 80 square
meters, 500 years of Ecuadorian history have
been recreated through four moments of our
life as a society expressed in 14 suspended
mobile murals authorship of Carmen Cadena.
She took the ancestral technique of clay
sculptural modeling to narrate the history of
today’s Ecuador in a sequential way.
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These moments made of clay are: the ritual
dances that show our origins; the Spanish
conquest; the national emancipation and our
people’s life after obtaining our freedom.
The Pre-Columbian, Colonial and Republican
eras are recreated through historical moments
that marked the life of the country, like the
Royal Audiencia of Quito, the First Outcry of
Independence, the slaughter of August 2,
the Independence of Guayaquil, the Battle of
Pichincha, and others.
Due to lack of a written language, clay
objects are the main source of information
Museums / “María Eugenia Puig Lince” Municipal Museum of Art
• The museum recreates Ecuador 500 years of history in a series of wall-worked clay.
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Photo: Parsival Castro.
• Shamanic dance that portrays the shamans in their ritual invocation warrior.
about the aboriginal tribes that inhabited the
country.
Attractions: About its architecture, the Museum has glass walls so the murals
can be appreciated standing from Barcelona
Avenue. The hallways have white lights while
each mural, which size goes between 1,20 x 1
square meters and 4,7 x 8 square meters, has
a set of three LED yellow lights.
There are fourteen groups of sculptures,
whose topics are:
1) Shamanic dance: A ritual warrior
invocation dance that shows our origins.
2) The Spanish Conquest: Represents a
conqueror mounted on his horse with the
indigenous people resisting the invader.
3) The Colony: Time in which the Spaniards
conquered the aborigines.
4) The Illustration: Highlights the
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intellectuals of the time such as geographer
Pedro Vicente Maldonado, French scholar
La Condamine, chief of the French Geodesic
Mission of the beginnings of the XVIII century;
father Juan de Velasco, author of the “History
of the Kingdom of Quito”; doctor Eugenio
Espejo, symbol of the intermingling of races;
Prussian scholar Alejandro Von Humboldt, who
studied the nature of our land and an activist
about libertarian ideas; naturalist Pedro Davila
and poet father Juan Bautista Aguirre.
5) Shipyards of Guayaquil: Considered the
economic engine during Royal Audiencia of
Quito times: more than 100 vessels were built
between the XVII and XVIII centuries.
6) Evocation of August 10, 1809: Recounts
the revolt occurred as a result of the Napoleonic
invasion that weakened Spain’s colonial rule.
7) The slaughter of August 2, 1810:
Occurred during the time of the Colony where
several patriots rose up, were imprisoned and
• Representation
of “Astilleros
de Guayaquil”,
the place where
more than 100
ships were built
between the
XVII and XVIII
centuries.
• Mural portrays
the Spanish conquest in which the
native Indians are
reluctant to attack
the invading
conqueror.
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• Scene that
recreates
the urban
regeneration
of Guayaquil
undertaken
by the
Municipality.
• Dance
representation
of syncretism,
cultural and
religious
anthropology
that attempts
to reconcile
different
doctrines that
exist in the
world.
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• Representation of the Revolution of October 9, 1820.
later murdered by the Spanish forces.
ended slavery in the country.
8) October 9, 1820: Date in which
Guayaquil obtained its independence and
started a libertarian campaign in the country. Is
depicted in a meeting held between Guayaquil
men –Jose de Antepara, Gregorio Escobedo,
Jose Joaquin de Olmedo, Jose de Villamil– and
Venezuelan captains –Leon Febres Cordero,
Luis Urdaneta and Miguel Letamendi.
11) The Alfaro Revolution of June 5,
1895: Shows Eloy Alfaro and his “montoneros”
on the rails of a train.
9) Battle of Pichincha of May 24, 1822: A
feat carried out by troops from Guayaquil that
joined the ones sent by Bolivar and San Martin,
to free the city of Quito.
10) Abolition of Slavery: A progressive and
liberal measure taken by the then president
General Jose Maria Urbina, in 1853, which
12) Dance of Syncretism: A cultural and
religious anthropology that tries to reconcile
different doctrines.
13) The Migration of the XXI Century: A
painful episode in the life of the country, in
which millions of people had to migrate to
foreign countries escaping the economic crisis.
14)Guayaquil and the urban regeneration: Recounts the city’s reconstruction process that brought back beauty to the city and
selfesteem to its inhabitants.
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“Julio Jaramillo
Laurido”
POPULAR MUSIC MUSEUM
Address: Santa Ana Port, Astillero building No. 3, second floor. Parish: Tarqui. Visiting Hours:
Wednesdays to Saturdays from 10h00 to 13h00 and from 14h00 to 17h00, Sundays from 10h00
to 15h00. Phone number: +593(04) 2075004. Admission: free.
History: Inaugurated on March
1, 2008 sponsored by the Municipality of
Guayaquil. Bears the name of Julio Jaramillo
paying tribute to the Guayaquil singer
popularly known as “J.J.” or “Nightingale
of America”, who is considered as the best
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Ecuadorian popular singer of all times and a
symbol of national music.
Its purpose is to preserve, enrich and
disseminate our musical heritage to the new
generations. The museum recounts a century
in the history of prominent authors, composers
Museums / “Julio Jaramillo Laurido” Popular Music Museum
• Museum Julio Jaramillo in the history and heritage of musical culture is exhibited Guayaquil.
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• Two models of the radios used in
the 1950s.
Attractions: Black and white
photographs, album covers, magazines,
jukeboxes, tapes, music scores, clothing,
musical instruments and audio equipment
from old to modern times. There is also an
exhibition of objects and music scores from
1892 that belonged to the first Music School of
Guayaquil, which professionalized the careers
of several empirical artists.
Other attractions are the statues of
musicians popularly known as “lagarteros”
who performed the traditional serenades
and Ecuadorian musical promoters.
The historical tour begins in 1892 when
the first music school of Guayaquil was
established, and ends in 1978 with the death
of Julio Jaramillo. It also comprises a historical
view of the phonographic industry in Ecuador
and the world, rescuing the contribution of
the pioneers of local radio broadcasting and
the national recording industry.
• Fortich, a busy Guayaquil by youth in past decades bar.
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• Representation of popular musicians offering
serenades known as “lagarteros “.
under the balconies of the old houses of
Guayaquil, as well as replicas of popular bars
like “La lagartera” and “Fortich” that were very
fashionable in past decades.
Among the exhibition of giant prints, stands
out the one of the first Philanthropic Society
orchestra established in 1920 by Claudio Roza.
The band composed a hymn and a martial song
for former president of Ecuador, general Eloy
Alfaro Delgado. Musician Nicolas Mestanza
Alava stands out in the group: popularly known
as “child prodigy” for he became the orchestra’s
director when he was under-age.
One of the most remarkable photos for its
historical value is that of the 1930 New York
trip of the famous group “Ecuador” formed
by Nicasio Safadi and Enrique Ibañez. The
musicians traveled with their promoter
Domingo Feraud Guzman to Columbia Records
in order to record several songs including the
pasillo “Guayaquil de mis Amores” that became
a popular anthem in Guayaquil.
Another outstanding picture is the one
of the “American Park”, owned by Guayaquil
businessman Rodolfo Baquerizo Moreno; a
fashionable place in the decades of 1940s and
50s. It was a sports and entertainment complex
where traditional dances took place with the
best national and international music bands.
Ecuadorian phonographic industry “Ifesa”
was the first to produce records in the country:
• Scores of the first musical compositions
performed in the city.
its first recorded 78 revolutions per minute
album is exhibited. The album includes the
pasillo “En la lejanía” (in the distance) with
music by Guayaquil musician icon Carlos Rubira
Infante, and lyrics by Wenceslao Pareja.
Music scores and original albums of the
pasillos “Ensueño Romantico” (romantic
enchantment), “De Corazon a Corazon” (from
heart to heart) and “Limosnas de Amor”
(handouts of love) can be seen in the museum,
performed by the duet Ecuador and recorded
during their trip to New York.
Among the audio equipment there is a gramophone invented by German Emile Berliner
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• Based on a photograph taken at the bar
Julio Jaramillo “ The Artists ‘ Corner “ with
characters such as “ Don Evaristo “ and
Carlos Armando Romero Rodas.
and a phonograph invented by Thomas
Alva Edison in 1877, the first to reproduce
sounds recorded in wax cylinders that preceded flat records. The later produced by
Berliner, with materials like zinc and slate,
allowed the reproduction of high quality
sounds. Also, the traditional radios and
jukeboxes that were very popular in the
50’s, 60’s and 70’s, now considered relics.
The photographs of the so-called
“Estudiantinas”, female musical groups
very fashionable at the beginnings of
the XX century, are another attraction.
• The Lagartera, a meeting place of the old
popular musicians of Guayaquil.
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These bands played unusual stringed
instruments like bandurrias, mandolins,
liras and classic guitars.
There is a special exhibition dedicated
to Julio Jaramillo that shows a wax statue
and a bust of the singer; photographs,
clothing,records,albumcovers,newspaper
clippings and other paraphernalia.
Among the articles highlighted there
is a representation of a shoe making boy
allusive to the first job of Julio Jaramillo,
before he turned fully to music, and
a painting of the singer sitting next to
several important personalities: famous
Ecuadorian actor Ernesto Alban, whose
popular sierra character “Don Evaristo”
criticized social, political and folklore
aspects of the country; radio broadcaster
Carlos Armando Romero Rodas, one of
the major promoters of Julio Jaramillos’
career; and other artists. The picture,
basis to the pictorial work, was taken at
the popular bar “Rincon de los Artistas”
(artists corner), the bohemian artists’
gathering place in the city.
Services: The museum’s
auditorium (a multipurpose room with
120 people capacity) hosts audiovisual
projections and special programs that
allow interaction between the public and
popular musicians. The theatre, by the
name of composer Nicasio Safadi, is meant
to promote the talent of young interpreters
and future national composers.
The program’s main professorship is in
hands of well known representatives of
Ecuadorian music: Carlos Rubira Infante,
Fresia Saavedra, Naldo Campos, among
others.
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Beer
Museum
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Museums / Beer Museum
Address: Santa Ana Port, Astillero building
No.3, second floor. Parish: Tarqui. Visiting
Hours: Wednesdays to Saturdays from 10h00
to 13h00 and from 14h00 to 17h00, Sundays
from 10h00 to 15h00. Phone number:
+593(04) 2075004. Admission: free.
History: A cultural and tourist
attraction opened for the first time
on July 27, 2009, the Beer Museum is
located on the banks of the Guayas River,
in Las Peñas Neighborhood, exactly where
the National Brewery Company used to
operate, manufacturing beer and ice in the
city since 1887.
In an area of 70 square meters, the
Museum displays three showcases of
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• The museum displays the history of the brewing industry in Guayaquil and its first products to the market.
Attractions: Miniature
figures made of resin recreate scenes of
the making and distribution of beer. Also,
relics, packaging samples, photographs,
acknowledgments, documents and an
overview of the National Brewery
Company, which started its operations
as an ice and beer company.
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Museums / Beer Museum
a research carried out by Guayaquil
historian Jenny Estrada, narrating the
world history of beer and the beverage’s
100 years of history in Guayaquil as well
as the ensuing labor changes: shifting
not only the habit of consuming
imported products but also creating
jobs.
Foto: Efrén Avilés M.
• Representation of the
history of
the National
Brewery.
• The
museum
has a bar
where tourists
can enjoy a
moment of
relaxation.
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A stillero M useums :
Barcelona and Emelec
Address: Santa Ana Port, Astillero Building No.3, second floor. Parish: Tarqui. Visiting Hours:
Barcelona: Wednesdays to Saturdays from 10h00 to 13h00 and from 14h00 to 17h00, Sundays
from 10h00 to 15h00. Emelec: Mondays to Sundays from 10h00 to 18h00 Phone number:
+593(04) 2075004. Website: www.museobarcelonasc.com/
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Museums / Astillero Museums: Barcelona and Emelec
Photo: Piero Burneo
Photo: Piero Burneo
History: The Shipyard Museums pay
tribute to the most emblematic soccer teams
of the country, born at the end of the 1920s in
the traditional Astillero Neighborhood, place
where the river vessels were built. Hence, the
teams are called “Idols of the Shipyard”.
The Barcelona Museum was inaugurated on
July 9, 2013 and pays hommage to the most
popular sports club of the country. The club
was established by Spanish and Ecuadorian
businessmen on Friday may 1, 1928 at the
house of Catalan Eutimio Perez. Barcelona is
the team with more national championships
won: 14 titles (from 1957 to 2013); and has
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Museums / Astillero Museums: Barcelona and Emelec
Photo: Piero Burneo
Photo: Piero Burneo
twice won the runner-up
title of the South-American
Libertadores Cup (1990 and
2008).
Emelec is a sports club
established by American
George Capwell in the Electric
Company of Ecuador on April
28, 1929. The team has won
Photo: Piero Burneo
the national championship in
ten occasions. Currently, the
museum is under remodeling.
At t rac t io n s :
Team jerseys, photographs,
posters and legendary videos
of the players are exhibited
at the Barcelona museum,
also best plays, important
matches, a model of its
stadium, clothing and shoes
that belonged to the players,
trophies, plaques and soccer
balls. There are 3 movie
screens for video displays.
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Photo: Cesar Mera
“Coronel Felix
Luque Plata”
F I R E F I G H T E R S
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M U S eu M
Museums / “Colonel Felix Luque Plata” Firefighters Museum
Address: Vernaza Blind Alley and Malecon Simon Bolivar Avenue. Parish: Tarqui.
Visiting Hours: Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10h00 to 17h00; Sundays from 10h30 to
17h30. Phone number: +593(04) 2303572. Admission: Adults: 0,75 cents; Children,
Disabled and the Elderly: 0,25 cents.
History: The museum of the Guayaquil
Worthy Fire Department was established on
June 1, 1979, by presidential decree No.
3463 published the same day in the Official
Registry No. 856. The process to open the
museum started on July 25, 1979 when the
first equipment an artifacts were collected.
The Museum was officially open on July 25,
1982 and named Colonel Felix Luque Plata, for
one of the most illustrious Fire Department
chiefs. The first headquarters were located in
a small area in the entresol of the old water
supply plant, established January 1, 1905,
while Eloy Alfaro was president.
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• Outdoor square where
homage is paid to several
illustrious city fire.
In 2001, during the administration of
colonel Jaime Cucalon Icaza, the current
museum was built over the original early XX
Century structure.
Attractions: The old access door,
a relic from 1920 that belonged to Clementina
Roca de Peña’s house, located in Chile and
Clemente Ballen streets. The story goes that
the door was untouched by the fire that
resulted from the fall of a military plane called
“Diablo Rojo” (red devil), bought later by
colonel Aurelio Carrera Calvo on May 8, 1939.
A water fountain from 1902 can be
appreciated in the small square of the museum.
Another attraction is a semicircle that houses
the busts of Fire Department chiefs colonels
Asisclo Garay Portocarrero, Aurelio Carrera
Calvo, Julio Cesar Rumbea Rosales, Manuel
Diaz Granados, Genaro Cucalon Jimenez and
Gabriel Gomez Sanchez.
The inside exhibition presents old water
pumps, tools, uniforms and awards, besides
valuable oil paintings and portraits of the Fire
Department Commanders. Also, animal-drawn
carts from late XIX century, machines from
1878 and modern fire trucks.
In the clothing exhibition stands the
asbestos suit worn in the past to fight high
temperature fires. In the history section of the
museum, the visitor can learn about the Great
Fires and the working places and conditions of
the “Casaca Roja” (redcoats) members.
The Museum floor preserves the cobblestones
that anciently paved the streets of Guayaquil.
The show includes relic exhibition rooms and
photo galleries of illustrious firefighters.
Services: An audio-visual room for
children presenting short films about fire
prevention is available.
• Representation of the first
wagons that were used to control
fires in Guayaquil.
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Museums / “Colonel Felix Luque Plata” Firefighters Museum
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Photo: César Mera
Photo: César Mera
Antropological
Museum of
Contemporary
Art
(MAAC)
Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar Avenue,
next to Loja Street. Parish: Carbo. Visiting
Hours: Mondays to Fridays from 08h30 to
16h30, Saturdays and Sundays from 10h00 to
16h00. Phone number: +593(04) 2309400.
Admission: free
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Museums / Antropological Museum of Contemporary Art (MAAC)
• MAAC museum exhibits the cultural heritage
of Ecuador with samples of pieces of Aboriginal
and modern times.
• Pieces of preColumbian cultures of
Ecuador.
History: The Anthropology Museum
of Contemporary Art –known as MAAC for its
acronym in Spanish– is part of the Simon
Bolivar Cultural Center established on July
30, 2003 over an area of more than 10000
square meters.
The Museum aims to reinforce the city
and the country’s cultural heritage through
collections from the aborigine and modern
times. Complementary to this, the Museum
hosts a wide variety of events: exhibitions,
conferences, forums, film projections,
performing arts, both on its 400 people
auditorium and its outdoor esplanade.
The history of the museum started in 1950,
when several archeological researches were
carried out in the Ecuadorian coast, discovering
pieces of great historical and archeological
value. Then, the Ecuador Central Bank decided
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• The museum exhibits pieces of ceramics of ancient cultures.
• Chairs Culture Manteña.
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Museums / Antropological Museum of Contemporary Art (MAAC)
Law of Monetary Regime and the State Bank,
transferred the cultural areas of the Central
Bank to the Ministry of Culture of Ecuador.
to establish an “Archeological, Ethnographic
and Modern Art Latin American Museum” in
Guayaquil, first located at the old Central Bank
building in Pichincha Avenue.
Dr. Olaf Holm was appointed director of the
museum in 1974. He managed and increased
the funds in order to acquire more archeological
and art pieces. In 1980, the museum name
became “Anthropological Museum of the
Central Bank of Ecuador” and was moved to
a new location in 9 de Octubre Boulevard and
Jose de Antepara Street.
The Anthropologic Museum of Contemporary
Art “MAAC” opened to the public in 2004 and, in
2008, the complex –that includes a specialized
library, a documentary center, an auditorium
and various workshop halls– was renamed
“Libertador Simon Bolivar”. In the same year,
a general disposition from the Reformatory
Attractions: A place full of art and
culture that exhibits the ancestral wealth of
the Pre-Columbian era of Ecuador and Latin
America. The exhibition comprises a collection
of 50000 archeological pieces of the Ecuadorian
coast from aboriginal times between the year
8000 BC and 1400 AC, next to a collection of
more than 3000 modern art pieces.
The architecture concept brings to notice
the foundations of the Ecuadorian coast
culture: a raft from the pre-Columbian
Manteño-Huanvavilca culture, the warrior
trader ancestor of Guayaquil. The façade shows
a mural by artist Manuel Rendon Seminario
whose original design was worked in pastel
chalk.
The Museum holds permanent archeological
and historical exhibits, contemporary art
galleries and a small library of national authors.
The auditorium is frequent host of cultural
events such as concerts, conferences and
film shows. The terrace turns into a scene for
outdoor art performances.
Services: In addition to the museum,
the cultural center Libertador Simon Bolivar
offers: six exhibition rooms, three video-art
rooms, lobby and cafeteria to host cultural
activities such as conferences, concerts
and meetings; a 350 seat auditorium home
to the MAAC movie theater project, artistic
and academic activities; three rooms for
educational workshops and programs for
all ages; a fully informed specialized library
with more than 20000 archeology, history
and art volumes; a digital documentary
center including a small auditorium ideal for
workshops or meetings; and a library that
exhibits and sells several publications.
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Luis A. Noboa Naranjo
M useum
Address: P. Icaza street No. 302 and Cordova avenue. Parish: Carbo. Visiting Hours: Tuesdays to
Fridays from 10h30 to 19h00, Saturdays and Sundays from 13h00 to 18h00.
Phone number: +593(04) 2561893
Website: http://www.museoluisnoboanaranjo.com/
Admission: free
• The museum displays a collection of paintings of high artistic value.
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Museums / Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum
Photo: Archivo Museo Luis Noboa Naranjo
• Exhibition of contemporary paintings.
Photo: Archivo Museo Luis Noboa Naranjo
History: The Luis Noboa Naranjo
Museum was inaugurated on January 25, 2006.
It was established by Alvaro Noboa Ponton to
honor the memory of his father, an Ecuadorian
businessman who owned one of the biggest
fortunes in the country.
The museum exhibits a considerable art
collection acquired in life by Noboa Naranjo,
including some the most important works from
contemporary Ecuadorian fine artists.
Attractions: 10 rooms exhibit 97
art pieces and a recreation of the office the
businessman had in the first floor of Bananera
Noboa Exporting Company in the south of the
city: his old oak desk, three leather armchairs,
his favorite leather briefcase, desk accessories,
ashtrays and photographs of the businessman
alongside famous personalities.
Among the fine art pieces stand three murals
of Manuel Rendon, paintings from the Art
School of Quito, works of Oswaldo Guayasamin,
Eduardo Kingman, Humberto More, Carlos
Catasse, Ricardo Montesinos, Segundo Espinel,
Luis Miranda, Oswaldo Viteri, and others.
Services:
Guided tours for school
groups are offered.
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Nahim
Isaias
M useum
Photo: Raúl Suconota
History: The museum was established
by banker Nahim Isaias Barquet to contribute
to artistic and cultural activities in Guayaquil
as General manager of Filanbanco.
The museum aims to disseminate colonial art
since Isaias studied in the Colonial Art School
of Quito. He gathered a collection of valuable
art pieces, specially paintings and sculptures,
from the famous Colonial Art School of Quito,
• Hall of paintings of contemporary art.
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Museums / Nahim Isaias Museum
Address: Pichincha Avenue and Clemente
Ballen Street, Administration Square.
Parish: Rocafuerte. Visiting Hours: Tuesdays
to Fridays from 08h30 to 16h30, Saturdays
and Sundays from 09h00 to 16h00. Phone
number: +593(04) 2324182
Website: www.museos.gob.ec Admission: free
• The Nahim Isaias Museum is located in the Plaza of the Administration in the city center.
which comprises approximately 2.500 works
that currently belong to the Central Bank.
It was inaugurated on June 25, 1989 and
later, on June 20, 1996; the Museum extended
the exhibition to archeology acquiring valuable
pieces that belonged to the main cultures that
inhabited the coastal regions of the country.
The first permanent exhibition was the one
denominated “Pre-Hispanic cultures of the
Ecuadorian Coast”.
Due to the economic crisis that affected the
country in 2000, during which several financial
institutions were closed, the collection of the
Museum was handed to the Central Bank of
Ecuador as payment. The Museum remained
closed until September 30, 2004 when it
opened its door again.
Attractions: A collection of 2500
pieces, especially paintings and sculptures
from the famous Colonial Art School of Quito.
There is also a valuable collection of modern
and contemporary art that comprises paintings
and sculptures.
The museum is divided in three floors. The
ground floor and the first floor houses the
Room for Temporary and Itinerant Exhibitions,
and a permanent display of Cosmogonies is
exhibited in the third floor, which is dedicated
to colonial art.
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• Representing the prow of a ship built in the shipyards of Guayaquil.
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Museums / El Fortin of Santa Ana Hill Naval Museum
El Fortin of
Santa Ana Hill
naval
M useum
Address: Stair #380 of the Diego Noboa Staircases, Santa Ana Hill.
Parish: Tarqui. Visiting hours: Mondays to Fridays from 08h30 to 22h00; Saturdays and Sundays
from 08h30 to 24h00. Phone number: +593(04) 2489022 Admission: free.
History: It was built in 2002 an
inaugurated on October 31, 2003 as an
initiative of the Ecuadorian Foundation of
the Sea (Fundemar, for its Spanish acronym)
through an agreement with the Municipality
of Guayaquil and the Siglo XXI Foundation
in order to highlight the importance of the
maritime activity of the city – port, which,
since its beginnings, had the Guayas River as
the main commercial way to contribute to the
progress of Guayaquil.
The museum is an outdoor space located
at the old “Polvorosa Fort” that was used to
defend the city from the pirate attacks, for
its privileged location at the top part of the
Hill. A few years before, the place served to
shoot blank cannons to celebrate the city’s
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• The museum is located in the open air and naval history is displayed Guayaquil.
festivities.
To commemorate naval history, the
museum pays tribute to 4 personalities of the
Ecuadorian Navy, which are represented in 4
busts: Captain Rafael Moran Valverde, Captain
Rafael Andrade Lalama, General Thomas
Charles Wright Montgomery and Admiral Juan
Illingworth Hunt.
Attractions: 21 objects that
date back to the XVI century and others from
the modern era until the XX century. Among
the relics there are replicas of the most
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representative vessels of our naval tradition,
which were made of wood and were built at
the shipyards of Guayaquil, like the replica of
the bow of the vessel called ‘Jesus, Maria de la
Limpia y Pura Concepcion de Nuestra Señora
(1544-1654), built for the King of Spain; the
replica of the stern of La Capitana ship and the
anchor that belonged to the Cotopaxi, which
later was named as the Gunboat Calderon, the
largest and most impressive vessel built by the
Spanish colonies of South America.
Among the navigational instruments there
is an astrolabe, which was used to observe
Museums / El Fortín of Santa Ana Hill Naval Museum
Photo: Vistazo Magazine
Photo: Vistazo Magazine
• Representation of a pirate
who attacked
the city in the
past.
• Sundial which
marked the
hours in ancient
times.
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Photo: C. J. González
• The museum has the added attraction the natural environment in which it is located.
• Busts of the main players in the shipbuilding activity of the city.
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Museums / El Fortín of Santa Ana Hill Naval Museum
• Representation of the boat known as “La Capitana”.
the height, location and movements of the
stars and planets to navigate; others that
served as tools to know the latitude of the
vessel, a quadrant, a pressure calibrator and
a ballestina used to calculate the height of
the polar star; a sundial that marked the
hours according to the inclination of the
shadows through a horizontal bar; a lantern of
Swedish fabrication that served as lighthouse
along the coast and the Galapagos Islands
from 1950 until 1970; as well as anchors, a
telegraph and a reflector.
Several weapons and cannons can also
be appreciated (originals and replicas),
which were part of the military weaponry
used between the XVI and XVII centuries to
defend our country, as a cannon of 3.480
pounds and 30 pounds of ammunition built in
1865; another one built in 1709, the Gunboat
Calderon that started to serve the Navy in
1886 and a wheeled cannon made of wood
and built in 1875.
The remains of the fort called “La Polvorosa”
are also in the Museum that was established in
1629 and was considered as the sole military
defense point of Guayaquil against the pirate
attacks. The central courtyard houses a
sundial.
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Photo: César Mera
Contemporary Naval
Museum
Address: Fray Vacas Galindo Street and Jose Maria Urbina Avenue. Parish: Ximena.
Visiting Hours: Tuesdays to Fridays: from 09h00 to 17h00; Saturdays: from 09h00 to13h00.
Phone number: +593(04) 2449699
Website: www.armada.mil.ec Admission: free
History: The museum was inaugurated
on October 9, 2006 and is located at the old
house of Augusto Dillon Valdez, which is a
heritage property of great architectonic value.
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Museums / Contemporary Naval Museum
It was established thanks to the initiative of
the Ecuadorian Navy before the need of telling
the people about the development and growth
of the Navy of our Country, from the Combat
heroes and forgers of our naval history like late
captain Rafael Moran Valverde, who fought
in the battle of Jambeli that was led by the
Gunboat Calderon.
• Exhibition of a naval vessel “Buque Escuela
Guayas”.
of Jambeli. The Museum also comprises the
Armada Park, Marinero Square and the naval
library.
It has 9 rooms that bear the names of the
Attractions: The museum is a
three-story building with an underground
floor, which exhibits a compilation of
elements, instruments, weapons, scale
models, photographs, documents and others
that represent the evolution of the Navy from
1941 until today; as well as its contribution
to the country.
In presence area is located in the first floor
where the busts that pay tribute to naval heroes
are placed. There is also a representation of the
Superior Naval School, The Training Ship Guayas
and a naval corner that comprises several
instruments and navigation equipment, and
some furniture.
The Operational Programs are represented in
the second floor, like the Marine Corps with a
recreation of one of its members in action, an
hyperbaric chamber and diving equipment; the
Naval High Command and the Naval Aviation,
with a display of weapons and naval air models.
The third floor is dedicated to the
contribution of the Navy to the development
of the country; represents the work carried out
by the Oceanographic Institute of the Navy
(Inocar, for its Spanish acronym), to improve
navigation and cartography; also an exhibition
of implements and models about the presence
of our country in Antarctica. The work of
the National Department of Water Spaces
(Dirnea, for its Spanish acronym) through
the Ecuadorian Coastguard is also represented
in this floor, as the maritime authority that
controls illicit activities that occur both in the
seas and navigable rivers.
The Room dedicated to submarines is located
in the underground floor and comprises and
exhibition of its history and evolution and
also a recreation of the areas destined to
the habitability of the members of the crew,
equipment and weapons.
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Bae Abdon
Calderon
M useum
Address: Eloy Alfaro Avenue and Cañar Street.
Parish: Ximena. Visiting Hours: Tuesdays to
Fridays: from 09h00 to 17h00; Saturdays: from
09h00 to 13h00. Phone numbers: +593(04)
2449669 – +593(04) 042344547
Website: www.armada.mil.ec Admission: free
History: The Museum opened its
doors in 1985 and is located inside the famous
Ecuadorian vessel known as BAE Calderon,
which was built in Port Glasgow (Scotland)
in 1884 for the Chilean shipping company
Adam Greulich of Valparaiso, which was
called “Chaihuin” and was used as a tug boat
until 1886 when president Placido Caamaño
acquired it for the Ecuadorian Navy that turned
the vessel into a Warship
BAE (Buque Armada del Ecuador, for its
Spanish acronym) Calderon, bears that name
since 1950 in honor of military from Cuenca
Abdon Calderon, fighter and hero of the “Battle
of Pichincha”. Before, the vessel was called
“Cotopaxi” and was part of several activities
and campaigns of the Ecuadorian Navy; the
most important was the Combat of Jambeli,
which took place on July 15,1941, during the
war against Peru.
After serving the Navy tirelessly for a
period of 70 years, the vessel abandoned the
sea in 1957 and remained anchored in the
Guayas River until 1961 when it was moved
to the docks of the Navy Arsenal, currently
Ecuadorian Naval Shipyards. In 1972 it was
transferred by pieces to the Armada Nacional
Park to become a “Memorial Museum” of the
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Museums / BAE Abdón Calderón Museum
Ecuadorian Navy in 1985 that shows the roots
and achievements of the Navy, which shaped
the destiny of our country from the sea.
Attractions: The Museum has
several exhibition rooms:
Popa Room: Exhibits models of the combat,
the weapons that were used, the commander’s
cabin, distinctions and diplomas; photographs
of the officials and the crew.
Proa Room: Pays tribute to the marines
that participated in the air combat of 1941
called “Aviso Atahualpa”, who also served the
country bravely against the Peruvian aviation
and managed to countermeasure the attacks
of July 23 of the same year.
Entrepuente Room: Exhibits a model
that represents the Combat of Jambeli, also
photographs of the crewmembers and the
weapons used by The Ecuadorian Navy.
Puente de Gobierno Room: Has an
exhibition that comprises a ship rudder, a
magnetic compass from radio sending and
• Canyon Bae Calderón.
receiving stations, navigation instruments.
Kitchen Room: Shows the kitchen of the
ship where the meals were prepared, the pots
and pans and other cooking implements.
The Museum also exhibits a 100-year-old
flag; war reports; photographs of the ship; the
cabin of Commander “Rafael Moran Valverde”;
a logbook; diplomas awarded to the crew by
the Ecuadorian Congress in 1961; a hat called
“bicornio” that was part of the uniform of the
officials; and a wooden chest of 1890 that was
used to keep the flag and news guide of the
time, which presents what happened between
Ecuador and Peru.
Among the weapons, there are tactical
machine guns, bombs and projectiles from the
Peruvian aviation; Ecuadorian and Peruvian
projectiles used during the naval combat of
Jambeli, which were rescued by sailors in the
year of 1952; Mauser riffles used by the crew
of the Calderon Gunboat; two bow and stern
cannons of 76/4; port and starboard cannons
of 47/40 mm; and two antiaircraft Breda
machine guns of 20 mm.
Services: The visitor can experience a
guided tour or he can do it by himself, since
the Museum provides explanatory cards for
each object.
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Photo: Freddy Moreno
Library
Address: 10 de Agosto Street and Pedro Carbo
Avenue. Parish: Rocafuerte.
Opening hours: Mondays to Fridays from
09h00 to 17h00.
The current building was inaugurated on
October 8, 1958, which was designed by
architect Guillermo Cubillo Renella and built
by engineer Miguel Salem Dibo.
From that time to the present, the Municipal
Library continues to serve the community with
an editorial fund that enriches itself every
day, thanks to the rescue and restoration
work carried out by its Director, architect
Melvin Hoyos.
History: On March 24, 1862, the
Municipal Library opened its doors when
Attractions: Besides all the books
Pedro Carbo Noboa was the President of the in its existence, it also has an additional
City Hall of Guayaquil, who contributed with attraction, the building itself, which was
the first 100 volumes. It worked every day in designed and built by the architect from
a small department in the old House of the Guayaquil, Guillermo Cubillo Renella. The
City Hall, and jurist Jose Plutarco Vera was building has a sculpture of Venus, crafted by
its first librarian.
sculptor Evelio Tandazo, which is located at
In 1908, due to the crumbling of the City the entrance. There is also a wooden woman
Hall House, it was to be incinerated, so the with naked chest, a work from the sculptor
Municipal Library was relocated into the Ayabaca.
chalet of Dario Morla located
in Villamil Street. On August
10, 1916, the current building
was constructed, in which
the Municipal Museum also
worked. This structure was
a wooden house, designed
by Portuguese architect Raul
Maria Pereira, which was
demolished in 1939, due to
the structural flaws. In the
meantime it worked in the
City Hall for 13 years.
• Proceedings of the Cabildo Guayaquileno dating back to the 1700s.
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Libraries / Municipal Library
M unicipal
MAAC
library
Address: Simon Bolivar Pier, near Loja Street. Parish: Carbo.
Opening Hours: Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10h00 to
17h00, Sundays from 10h00 to16h10.
The library uses a system of open shelves,
which permits direct contact between the
user and the bibliographic fund. It also has
a file to facilitate the search of the readers.
In parallel with the library, the functional
Documentary Center operates, which has 35
computers with folders of press articles
from 20-years-ago. These files are for those
students that search specific information
of the past.
The library also has the MAAC book, which
is a library where the user can access several
publications focused on anthropology,
archeology, art and social studies.
Photo: César Mera
History: In the year 2004, the
Anthropologic Museum of Contemporary
Art (MAAC for its Spanish acronym),
put a public library at the service of the
people that provides information about
art, archeology, anthropology and other
related subjects; besides of the numerous
encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines
and general brochures available for school
investigations. The users have at their
disposition over 18,500 publications from
which 10,600 are part of the bibliographic
fund of the Central Bank and 5,700 are
documents from the Olaf Holm fund.
Libraries / MAAC Library
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Street
Art
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Street Art /
Photo: Priscila Parker
T
he popular art in the streets is
another form of cultural expression. In
Guayaquil, its streets and public spaces
offer a large variety of possibilities to
appreciate the art of painters and muralists.
This artwork depicts several historical topics,
like legends, traditions, and more.
The artistic murals, the sculptures and the
stained glasses windows created by the hands
of known artists, show in their work matters of
universal culture along with icons and stamps
of the city and its people, which at the same
time reflect their identity.
This art can be appreciated in overpasses,
parks, squares and buildings that have turned
into sites for the permanent exposition of
artworks. A tour through them allows the
viewers to know the city from an artistic
and cultural point of view, since the touristic
destination of a city can also be found in
street art.
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Manhattan
[A TRIBUTE TO ARACELY GILBERT]
M U R A L
Address: Quito Avenue and Boulevard 9 de
Octubre. Parish: Roca. Author: Carlos Swett
Attractions: Since the construction of the Casa de la Cultura (Culture Center),
on 9 de Octubre Boulevard, it was foreseen that
in the lateral wall of the structure, on Quito
Avenue, a mural of great transcendence was to
be crafted. Such mural was not able to create
for more than six decades,
when a proposal was
addressed by the
Cultural Center to
Jaime Nebot Saadi,
Mayor of Guayaquil,
for the Municipality
to create a mural
in such wall.
The project
was accepted
immediately by
the Mayor and,
trough common
agreement with
the Gilbert
family, as well as with art critic Ines Flores
and the Cultural Center, it was decided that
the mural had to represent the work of the
renowned painter of Guayaquil, Araceli Gilbert,
as a tribute from Guayaquil to such great artist
to commemorate the centenary of her birth.
The work is titled “Manhattan”, and it was
chosen due to its chromatic impact. It was
inaugurated on July 2, 2014.
The new mural is 16 meters height by 6
meters wide. The artwork was crafted in 2 by 2
glass mosaic and shows the artist constructive
art, a true homage to Aracely Gilbert, the arts
and the city of Guayaquil.
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Murals / Manhattan Mural: A Tribute to Aracely Gilbert
Our Ecuadorian
Coast
Photo: Freddy Moreno
M ural
Address: Quito Avenue and Venezuela Street.
Parish: Garcia Moreno. Author: Olmedo Quimbita.
Attractions: The nature-oriented
mural was inaugurated on January 5, 2012. Its
design was crafted on a simple low relief that
reflects the Ecuadorian identity through all its
regions of many landscapes due to the different
climates, flora and fauna.
The mural has a varied set of colorful figures
crafted in ceramic mosaics that represent
flowers of many colors, typical fruits of the
country like cocoa and banana, besides the
natural beauty of its women. The distinct touch
that calls the attention of this art piece, is that
the colors of the plants and fruits are not real,
the artist gave them other tropical tones.
This mural was a donation made to support
the process of urban regeneration carried out
by the Mayor of Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot Saadi,
as part of the project comprised by the Forestal
Park (Forest Park) and the Centro Civico (Civic
Center), which support the improvement of
the city.
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Photo: Priscila Parker.
Fauna and Flora of
our Ecuador
M ural
Address: 25 de Julio Avenue and Dr. Raul
Clemente Huerta Street.
Parish: Ximena. Author: Julia Lama de Wong.
Attractions: The mural is located in
an overpass and was inaugurated on February 22,
2005. It shows with the most beautiful colors,
the infinity variety of flora and fauna of Ecuador
representing different types of birds with infinite
colors in their feathers, butterflies, ants, monkeys,
swallows and the great diversity of fishes of
brilliant colors that inhabit our waters.
The mural also shows our diversity of flora with
roses falling from the sky. This shows that our
country is one of the greatest exporters of this
beautiful flower.
The work was awarded in the contest of
adequacy of murals that was carried out as a policy
of the urban regeneration project carried out by
the Mayor of Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot Saadi.
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Murals/ Fauna and Flora of our Ecuador Mural
Life in the Mangrove
M ural
Address: 25 de Julio Avenue and Pio Jaramillo Alvarado Street.
Parish: Ximena. Author: Gabriel Townsend Melgar.
Attractions: The mural depicts
different subjects in which can be appreciated
a combination of different plants of
multicolored feathers with naval themes, like
two ships that ‘sail’ over the mural.
To the lively colors of the murals,
complementary elements of the overpass are
added, like the windings and the height of the
bridges that converge in the location.
The mural is one of the winners of the sixth
contest of adequacy of murals carried out by
the Municipality in the year 2005. This is part
of the urban regeneration policy developed by
the Mayor of Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot.
The author, an architect devoted to
indigenous art, is one of the most renowned
figures of Ecuadorian art. This is the criterion
of one person close to the artist due to his
passing:
“He made the mural, gave it many colors
and always thought that when he no longer
existed, people would always remember him by
the mural. This work gave him the opportunity
to show his ideas.”
Murals / Life in the Mangrove Mural
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Gardens
M ural
Address: 25 de Julio Avenue and
Ernesto Alban Street.
Parish: Ximena. Authors: Freddy
Pacheco and Juan Pacheco Paredes.
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Murals / Gardens Mural
Attractions: The artwork named ‘Gardens’
is located in an overpass and was awarded in the sixth
contest of adequacy of murals that was carried out
on September 25, 2006. The mural pays tribute to
the flora and fauna of Guayaquil that is represented
by birds and colorful flowers with a terracotta
background that highlights the richness of clay, thus
making the observer remember the importance of
their land.
The artwork comprehends the coating of 20 piles
executed with intercropping designs. The work was
crafted in unglazed terracotta tiles.
Composite Rhythms in
Chromatic Symphones
M ural
Address: 25 de Julio Avenue and Jose Vicente
Trujillo Street. Parish: Ximena.
Author: Theo Constante Parra.
Attractions: The work was crafted
with different materials while using a manual
painting technique. The process lasted more
than a year and it shows a variety of chromatic
multi-color designs in which flowers and
abstract concepts can be perceived.
This artwork combines different materials
like ceramic with a great chromatic variation in
the pillars, also resin, fiberglass, and metallic
aluminized acrylic among others.
The artist presents its work as something
for posterity, with a freedom that allows the
admiration of everyone.
Murals / Composite Rhythms in Chromatic Symphones Mural
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The Man of my Land
M ural
Address: Transport interchanger of Quito Avenue and Julian Coronel Street.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Carlos Swett.
Attractions: The designs depict
characters representative of some values
worthy of recognition: the modest youth
that overcomes his situation through study;
the chalan campirano, the tamer and fighter
against difficulties; the workman that forges
the progress with his hands and effort; the fish
of the coast, tamer of currents and reserves;
the cocoa farmer with his working woman
partner representing an important aspect of
the origins of progress in our city and country;
the montubio dance, “a pata pelada”, which
depict the wealthy land of our region.
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Murals / The Man of my Land Mural
The artwork design was crafted with the
following basic materials: stone rebuilt with
techniques that combine mixtures of special
additives; and wall tiling. The stone is painted
in grey colors and in certain places are lightly
inked with unalterable minerals pigments.
Mother Nature
M ural
Address: Traffic interchanger of Quito Avenue and Julian Coronel Street.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Carlos Swett Salas.
Attractions: The
mural was the first in Guayaquil
to be planted into the pillars
of an overpass, since May 21,
2001. Its style, considered a
mixture of magical realism, art
and elegance, highlights the
vernacular values of the Coast
within the ambiance formed by
the flora, rivers and seas.
The mural was worked in
a bass relief technique of
rebuilt stone and ceramic. It
highlights some animals such
as: Diostede (toucan), the
Lizard of Tembladera (alligator),
el Bufeo (dolphin), el Tigrillo
(Ocelot), la Iguana Colorada,
the mountain butterflies, el
Chupaflor (hummingbird), fishes
of the sea and rivers among many
other specimens that along with
mother nature are symbolized by
a half woman and half tree figure.
The colors used were neutral in
order to avoid flamboyant colors
and respect the sobriety of the
surroundings.
The mural was awarded in a
mural adequacy contest that was
held on May of 2001, which was
part of the urban regeneration
policy carried out by Major of the
city, Jaime Nebot.
Murals / Mother Nature Mural
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Abstract
Art
M ural
Address: Barcelona S.C. Avenue and Jose Maria
Velasco Ibarra Street.
Parish: Tarqui.
Author: Brenda Gonzalez Torre.
Attractions: The piece crafted
in this overpass is called “abstract” and the
work started in January 11, 2007. The mural
distinguishes itself for its five lighted pillars of
modern geometrical shapes. For its elaboration
hand-cut ceramic and mirrors were used.
The mural was awarded in a contest carried
out by the Municipality of Guayaquil. The
author of the work had the support of the
experienced mural artist Juan Sanchez.
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Murals / Abstract Mural
Land of Ligh
M ural
Address: Bombero Avenue and Perimetral Highway.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Natasha Demtchenko Molotkova.
Attractions: The mural represents
what Ecuador means to the author, a land
of light: an immeasurable country due to its
joyful people and its colorful landscapes, in
which she highlights the Guayas River and the
mangroves of the Salado Estuary.
Within the chromatic of the mural, yellow
is used as a symbol of light that together
with the blue of the water create life in the
area. The Chongon-Colonche mountain range,
which looks blue from the distance, was called
“Cerro Azul” (Blue Hill) for that contact of
yellow and blue.
The material used was pre-fabricated ceramic
painted both manually and industrially; the
technique is a combination of wall tiling and
high-relief ceramic.
The mural was chosen in the fourth contest
carried out by the Municipality on February
2003.
Murals / Land of Ligh Mural
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T R I B U T E
M U R A L
TO
Antonio del Campo
Moreno
Address: Carlos Julio Arosemena Avenue and Alfonso Alvear Ordonez
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Felipe Cordero Ortiz.
Attractions: The mural is
recognition from the Municipality of
Guayaquil to the memory of artist Antonio
del Campo Moreno.
The work, inaugurated on May 10, 2002,
had the participation of a specialized team
of mural artists conformed by Rocio del
Campo in the technical direction and artist
of Cuenca, Felipe Cordero.
In order to carry out the construction of
the mural, several paintings of the artist were
procured and only the best were chosen.
The technique used was that of hand-made
national ceramic.
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Murals / Tribute Mural to Antonio del Campo Moreno
Ecological Designs
M U R A L
Address: Carlos Julio Arosemena and Ignacio Cuesta Garces avenues
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Robin Echanique.
Attractions: The work focuses
on the existing nature of the city, with
its fauna and flora, which is represented
through images of rivers, fishes, canoes,
birds, vegetation, trees and flowers.
These designs are worked on high relief
and stand out for their strong colors, which
causes a great visual impact.
The mural, whose coating was worked in
artificial ceramic and some areas in high
reliefs, is one of the winning works of the
Municipal mural competition, held on May
10, 2002.
The visual impact of the work is the
nature represented by the designs that
are highlighted by their strong colors. The
ecological motifs worked in high relief exalt
the importance of our province, with the
flora and fauna of our city, reflected in
canoes, rivers, fishes and birds.
Handmade ceramic was used for coating
the mural and high relief areas were crafted
to highlight the most important symbols.
The work was awarded trough municipal
contest held on May 10, 2002.
Murals / Ecological Designs Mural
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Cosmopolitan City
M ural
Address: Carlos Julio Arosemena and Las Monjas avenues.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Jaime Villa Herrera.
Attractions: The design collects
the most representative places of the city
portraying them in a stylized way and using
a chromatic with tropical tones, which are
characteristic of the city.
The mural is a composition that takes existing
items in the city like buildings, churches and
antique houses of Las Peñas Neighborhood,
monuments, vegetation details along with
pictures of colorful sites and landmarks of
the city such as the Municipality, the Rotunda
Hemicycle, Seminario Park, among others.
The drawings were made of ceramic that
later were captured in tiles. The ceramic
coating was made in high and bas-reliefs and
was glued with Portland cement; the joins
were filled with porcelain.
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Murals / Cosmopolitan City Mural
Tropical Navigations
M ural
Address: Carlos Julio Arosemena Avenue and Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra Street.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Ricardo Gonzenbach Abad.
Attractions: The work created on
October 22, 2001 was crafted with shattered
ceramic, which shows the importance of
navigation in the city due to their status as
maritime port.
The design highlights the boats guided by the
wind, whose sails represent the inner strength
and the thrust of the great men that have carried
forward the city despite the adversities. Flag like
sails represent the reception and solidarity of our
city with the rest of the country and the world.
There is also a motif allusive to the lighthouse
that lights the path for its people to turn the
city into the pioneer of progress in the country.
The coating of the pillars was possible by
using two techniques: tiled ceramic (irregular) in
greater surface areas; segments of ceramic heated
in the oven, using pigment colors consistent with
the original design, were subsequently worked.
Murals / Tropical Navigations Mural
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Foto: Priscila Parker.
Guayaquil Folklore
Experiences
M ural
Address: 5 de Junio and Carlos Julio Arosemena avenues.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Ivan Paredes Navarrete.
Attractions: The mural reflects
the everyday and most representative
activities of the city such as bicycle rides,
roller-skating, flying kites, the spinning
top in the children games, guitars, music,
among others.
The first steam ship of Guayas, built in
1840 on the American shores of the Pacific is
represented in the central area of the mural.
In the work made with a technique
of Byzantine mosaic, pottery pieces of
irregular geometric shapes were used. The
mural has sinuous lines and vivid colors.
The mural was chosen for being one of the
winners of the second competition of art in
overpasses, carried out by the Municipality
of Guayaquil and held on November 22,
2001.
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Murals / Guayaquil Folklore Experiences Mural
Nature in Motion
M ural
Attractions: The
mural used the movement of
fishes and birds as reference to
generate forms in motion that
are natural to these species
and habitat. This creates a
true abstraction of nature
and a figurative composition
inspired by their movement.
The coating material was
ceramic; in the smaller spaces
mosaic was placed.
The mural was crafted
during the second contest
of mural art in overpasses
carried out on October 22,
2001.
Address: John F. Kennedy Street and Periodista Avenue. Parish:
Tarqui. Author: David Nürnberg Anda.
Murals / Nature in Motion Mural
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historical
M ural
Eloy Alfaro
Address: Las Americas Avenue and Plaza Danin Street.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Jorge Chalco.
Attractions: The mural features
as main figure the former Ecuadorian President,
Eloy Alfaro and his outstanding works that
enriched the nation, as the great railway that
still tours the country and which stands out for
its construction in the geographical difficult
terrain known as “Nariz del Diablo.”
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Murals / Historical Mural Eloy Alfaro
Among the elements that stand out in
each pillar are; the face of Eloy Alfaro,
the train as one of the primary means of
mobilization in the country, the fighting
Army, the national flag, a machete, boots,
horse, torch, the rooster, the lantern and the
condor as a symbol of America.
T he
city
M U R A L :
Urban and Ecological
Contexts
Address: Plaza Dañin and Francisco de
Orellana avenues.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Carlos Chaw
Macias.
Attractions: The work
crafted in ceramic presents aspects
related to the city, distributed in four
murals located in each of the pillars of
the overpass.
The first describes the Simon Bolivar
Pier with a background that comprises
modern architecture and the new
tunnels. The second mural is the
representation of the old Guayaquil,
formed by Las Peñas Neighborhood
and the Planchada Fort. The third and
the fourth represent the marginal part
formed by wood houses, aquatic fauna
and the Guayas River.
The murals were awarded to the author
on the competition carried out by the
Municipality of Guayaquil, which took
place on July 17, 2001.
Murals / The City Mural: Urban and Ecological Contexts
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Aborigine Designs
M ural
Address: Jaime Roldos Aguilera Avenue and Joaquin Orrantia Street.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Hernan Zuñiga Alban.
Attractions: The mural
presents contemporary designs with
recreations of ancient signs of our
Aboriginal cultures that represent
the recovery of cultural identity.
The design whose style is neo
Expressionism or new figuration
was worked over fresh mortar with
cement and marble dust.
The mural, located opposite
to the city’s old airport, was one
of the winners of the second
competition of murals carried out
by the Municipality of Guayaquil, on
October 22, 2001.
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Murals / Aborigine Designs Mural
My Beautiful Coast
M ural
Address: Juan Tanca Marengo Avenue and
Joaquin Orrantia Street.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Leonardo Hidalgo
Jimenez.
Attractions: The mural is an artistic
description of two typical characters of the
Ecuadorian coast: the man from the beach
and the one from the countryside, each one
with their own customs and traditions, which
operate within a limited social context, as it is
the development of daily work, enabling them
to survive despite its limitations.
The mural takes into consideration several
characters of the beach such as the “Fisherman
of my land” and the “beach arbero”. Among the
characters of the countryside, are: “the sugar
cane cutter”, the “fruit men of the coast” and “the
banana man of the southern part of the coast”.
For the elaboration of the mural that has a
modern and figurative style, with intense and
varied colors, national manufactured ceramic
was used.
Murals / My Beautiful Coast Mural
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This is my Beautiful
Land
M ural
Address: Transport interchanger of Juan Tanca
Marengo and Francisco de Orellana avenues.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Victor Franco Vitores.
Attractions: The subjects chosen
and represented in the mural have to do with
the reality and the idiosyncrasies of our people.
First, the people of the coast dependent on
fishing named “Return of the fishermen from
the sea”; second: “Las Barcas”; third and
fourth represent the life in the depths of our sea
and rivers with the theme: “Dolphins and fish”.
This work was awarded at the fifth contest
in February 2003, which was made with tiled
ceramic of various colors, with high reliefs in
several levels of it.
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Murals / This is my Beautiful Land Mural
Scenes of the Old
Guayaquil
(Homage to Luis Wallpher Bermeo)
M ural
Address: Francisco de Orellana and Guillermo
Pareja Rolando avenues.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Juan Sanchez Andrade.
Attractions: The mural is a
tribute to painter from Quito Luis Wallpher
Bermeo, who passed away in 1990.
There are seven paintings in the mural,
which individually represent the daily
characteristics of the popular good living:
the women selling crabs that walked
through the neighborhoods of the city,
the popular duo performing serenades with
their romantic voices, old carriages like the
one pulled by animals, the man who sold
wafers and popcorn, the “cholo” who sold
fish and the ice cream man from Cuenca.
The mural was crafted with glazed tiled
ceramic in a mosaic pattern and the work
was chosen in the overpass contest carried
out by the Municipality of Guayaquil in
2007.
Murals / Scenes of the Old Guayaquil / Homage to Luis Wallpher Bermeo
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Ecological
Trees
M ural
Address: Guillermo Pareja Avenue and Agustin
Freire Street.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Felix Arauz Basante.
Attractions: The artist expresses
his work through designs that symbolize the
nature and its glory, taking as reference the
trees in which different elements stand out
such as flowers, butterflies and birds that offer
a warm variety of colors and project a vital
sense of the human being in conjunction with
its surroundings.
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Murals / Ecological Trees Mural
The coating of the mural, whose work started
on September 5, 2001, was made with high and
bas-relief ceramic of national craftsmanship.
Portland cement was used as glue and the joins
are filled with porcelain.
Compositions
from Guayaquil
M ural
Address: Francisco de Orellana Avenue and Agustin Freire Street.
Parish: Tarqui.
Author: Hellen Constante Palacios
Attractions: The work is one
of the winners of the third mural contest
carried out by the Municipality of Guayaquil.
It symbolizes the coastal culture manifested
in their cane houses, which combine several
elements that show the characters, the
wildlife, customs and the rural folklore.
In the mural, typical coastal elements
can be distinguished as the man who rests
in a hammock, animals such as crabs and
iguanas, and agricultural products like
bananas, palms, among others.
The artwork made by the daughter of
famous painter Theo Constante, began to
be crafted on May 10, 2002 using national
ceramic with a craftsman artistic finish.
Murals / Compositions from Guayaquil Mural
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Guayaquil
Urban Signs
M ural
Address: Francisco de Orellana Avenue and Benjamin
Carrion Street. Parish: Tarqui.
Author: Joaquin Serrano Macias.
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Murals / Urban Signs Mural
Attractions: The mural
depicts the humane aspect of large
urban concentrations, in the vitality of
contemporary cities, in the warm face
of ports, in the everyday life, in the big
house that we live and the fragments of
the urban collective memory we carry
on the skin.
For its construction craftsmanship
clay tiles were used, worked in high
and bas-relief to be painted afterwards.
The mural was one of the winners of
the third contest that was carried out
on May 10, 2001.
Flora and
Fauna in
Resurrection
M ural
Address: Pedro Menendez Gilbert Avenue and Plaza
Dañin Street.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Juan Pablo Toral Cevallos.
Attractions: The mural is inspired in
the Ecuadorian coast that is represented through
crocodiles, crickets, dragonflies, butterflies, and
ladybugs, among other insects of the coast.
The mural offers a visual impact for its stylized forms
and its playful colors that interlaced with the reliefs.
The material used in the work was tiled ceramic
in high relief.
The mural was awarded as a result of the fifth
contest held in February 2003.
Murals / Flora and Fauna in Resurrection Mural
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Royal Shipyards of
Guayaquil
M ural
Dirección: Avenida Pedro Menéndez Gilbert y calle Plaza Dañín.
Parroquia: Tarqui. Autor: Juan Pablo Toral Cevallos.
Attractions: The designs of the
mural represent scenes from the shipyards that
existed in Guayaquil during the colonial times,
considering the port status of the city, which
became a historical reference.
The mural takes us to the era of the XVII
century, which shows how the galleons and
America’s main naval vessels were built with
typical woods from the region as the mulatto
guachapeli, mountain laurel, cedar, oak and
other types.
Photo: José Dimitrakis.
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Murals / Royal Shipyards of Guayaquil Mural
Our Tropic
M ural
Address: Daule Road and Juan Tanca Marengo Avenue.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Luis Miranda Neira.
Attractions: The work depicts the
man of the Ecuadorian coast, surrounded by
wildlife and the tropical flora, which shows the
modest coastal worker on their everyday tasks.
Flowers, birds and plants typical of the area are
also highlighted, which gives a colorful sight of
our vegetation.
For its elaboration stones painted in different
colors were used, which harmonize as a whole
and serve as protection. The material used was
ceramic and the technique employed is called
Byzantine mosaic.
This mural was one of the winners of the
fourth contest organized by the Very Illustrious
Municipality of Guayaquil, in August of 2002.
Murals / Our Tropic Mural
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City that Shines
M ural
Address: Transport interchanger of Juan Tanca Marengo Avenue and Daule Road.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Julio Peña Tomala.
Attractions: The mural shows
the wildlife of Guayaquil combined with
illustrations of typical houses of the city,
characterized by its chaza windows and
baluster balconies.
Among the details that are highlighted in
the mural are fungi, owls, iguanas, pelicans,
and the plague of locusts, among others.
Tiled ceramic was used for the elaboration
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of the mural. The wall was prepared with
mortar, then the designs were drawn to scale
and a black line was painted that was filled
with pieces of the colored ceramic, according
to the original design.
The mural was awarded in the fifth mural
contest organized by the Municipality of
Guayaquil, which took place in February
2003.
Everyday
Multicolored
Fauna
M ural
Address: Dr. Camilo Ponce E. Avenue and
Modesto Luque Street.
Parish: Pascuales.
Author: Felipe Cordero Ortiz.
Attractions: The artistic concept of
the mural highlights the fauna of the Ecuadorian
coast showing the colors of our habitat and
common animals, like birds of various species,
pelicans, butterflies and fishes.
The technique used is the high relief. The
installation of the tiles had to fit the shape
of the columns and molds had to be made for
certain parts of the mural.
The mural was awarded during the sixth
contest that took place in the year 2005.
Murals / Everyday Multicolored Fauna Mural
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Compositions from
Guayaquil
M ural
Address: Transport interchanger of
Daule Road and Perimetral highway.
Parish: Pascuales. Author: Simon
Carrillo Urdiales.
Attractions: The symbolism
of the work is intended to represent
themes such as social problems,
economic development, the widespread
issue of ecology and nature in all its
expression, in harmony with the purpose
and spiritual guidance that are emblems
of our territory.
In the mural made in 2006 can be
seen the Moorish tower where different
images such as herons, birds, iguanas
and men are combined to represent the
fusion of the urban environment and
nature.
For its design several techniques were
used: colored stones and minerals mixed
with granite, marble powder, white-grey
cement and sand, materials that are
covered by special acrylic colors and
prepared lacquer.
The mural has details by way of grids
and forms in glass fiber combined with
embossed copper plates and aluminum
type Inos Italian color. The high and
low reliefs produce visual effects, and
all the elements used are seized to the
wall in ties with wire rods, screws and
Fisher studs, being safe over time, due to
its earthquake-resistant construction.
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Murals / Compositions from Guayaquil Mural
Trees and Mangroves
of my City
M ural
Address: Transport interchanger of Daule Road
and Perimetral Highway.
Parish: Pascuales.
Author: Gabriel Buenaño Rugel.
Attractions: The design of the
mural is devoted to nature, the defense of the
environment and the recover of the mangrove
that is gradually becoming extinct.
The mural shows on its pillars different
species of mangroves such as the brown,
black and red mangrove, in addition to
animals typical of this habitat including
crabs, herons and butterflies
The mural was made with tiled ceramic
over ten pillars of 2 meters in diameter by
6 meters in height. The materials used were
burnt ceramic, cement, and iron, among
others.
Murals / Trees and Mangroves of my City Mural
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Lost
Mural
Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar near Loja
Street. Parish: Carbo. Author: Manuel Rendon
Seminario.
Attractions: The work, popularly
known as “Lost Mural”, for the history that
surrounds it, was placed on the façade of the
Simon Bolivar Cultural Center, Anthropological
Museum of Contemporary Art (MAAC for its
Spanish acronym), on July 25, 2011 by the
Ministry of Culture and Heritage.
This mural of 20,40 meters long, was “lost”
for 30 years, since it was stored first in the
warehouses of the Central Bank of Ecuador and
later in the MAAC.
The mural, made in Mexico in 1980 in
a Byzantine glass mosaic technique, was
supposed to be located in 1982 at one of the
façades of the building of the institution in
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Murals / Lost Mural
Guayaquil. This never happened, because it
was initially thought that the building that
occupies three streets (Pedro Carbo, 9 de
Octubre and Pichincha) extends to a fourth
Street (P. Icaza), which was not achieved, but
the mural was already made so it was stored.
In 1994, its existence was accidentally
discovered, when the Bank hired artists Jorge
and Carlos Swett to restore the mural that
Rendon had done in the 80’s and could not see
it installed, because he died in Portugal. Swett
and the rest of the artists were informed that in
the cellars of the Bank, there were spare parts,
but when they went to see, they were surprised
by the novelty of finding a whole mural.
They made a report and from 1994 to 2010
efforts were made to restore the mural, which
turned out to be fruitless. On 2011 the search
for a place to put it started and finally a space
was found in the Anthropological Museum of
Contemporary Art, in a corridor that links two
areas.
The restoration process lasted four months,
and the installation of the mural on the wall
lasted 15 days.
History of
Guayaquil
in stained
glass windows
T
he history of Guayaquil exposed in
stained glass windows represent
episodes of the city, which are told by
the muralist and poet Edgar Cevallos,
using a technique that combines images with
texts written in prose.
Unveiled in January 2011, the stained
glass windows were made with the traditional
technique of cut glass and colors, assembled
with rods of lead and tin, protected by two
tempered and laminated 10-mm-thick glass.
The works are installed on a chrome iron
structure with a concrete base of 5.5 meters
long by 50 centimeters wide, covered with
black porcelain.
A glass screen explains the meaning of each
stained glass window with a poem of Cevallos.
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Guayaquil Más Ciudad
Address: Barcelona S.C. Avenue, North linear park.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Edgar Cevallos Rosales.
Description: The stained glass window
shows the advancement and progress of
Guayaquil after the urban regeneration process
implemented by the last two mayors of the city,
Leon Febres-Cordero and Jaime Nebot.
The context of the stained glass window
is shown through several representations as
a bus of the metrovia that symbolizes the
improvement of public transport; the joy
Glorious Dawn
Address: Barcelona S.C. Avenue, North Lineal
Park Parish: Tarqui.
Author: Edgar Cevallos Rosales.
Mounting: Fernando Lupera.
of people bathing in a water source, which
refers to the water parks that are sites for
family entertainment; students working
on computers that make reference to the
technological advances in education; people
carrying flags of the city, symbolizing the pride
of the citizen who identify with his city and
feels proud to have recovered its self-esteem;
among others.
Description: The stained glass window
refers to the independence deed of October 9,
1820, which freed Guayaquil and became the
example for the rest of the country to liberate
themselves from the Spanish yoke.
An ancient building that reflects the
architecture of the
Guayaquil from those times
can be appreciated, also a
patriot with a scroll in one
hand (which symbolizes
the Act of Independence)
and waving with the other,
as a symbol of having
obtained freedom. The
character is surrounded
by several illustrious
Patriarchs who participated
in the heroic deeds, and
people clapping as an
expression of happiness
and thankfulness.
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Stained glass windows / Guayaquil Más Ciudad / Glorius Dawn
Guayaquil
for the
Nation
Address: Barcelona S.C. Avenue, North Lineal
Park
Parish: Tarqui.
Mounting: Fernando Lupera.
Description: There is a written legend
that describes the libertarian process of
Guayaquil that became an example to other
cities of Ecuador, recounting, among other
things, the Government Board led by Olmedo;
Febres Cordero and Urdaneta´s performance in
the independence campaign; the agreement
signed on May 15th, 1821 by Antonio José
de Sucre in which, without renouncing the
autonomy, the independence of the city of
Guayaquil is consolidated.
The Story of Guayas and Quil
Address: Pier of the Salado Estuary, Aguirre Street. Seafood Square.
Parish: Urdaneta. Author: Edgar Cevallos Rosales.
Description: The work pays tribute to the
Huancavilca aborigines, Guayas and Quil, who
according to some historians gave rise to the
name of the city. The stained glass window
highlights the value of these ancestors, whose
legend, wrote next to it, tells the story that
Guayas, submitted by the Spanish
conquerors, convinced them to untie
him in exchange of a treasure, but when
he was released, he attacked a guard,
stripped him of his spear and with it
murdered Quil and then committed
suicide, as a symbol of freedom, of the
then Villa Santiago, inhabited by 95
settlers and with 36 small houses.
The artwork is installed in a structure
of chromed iron with a concrete base
of 5.5 meters long by 50 centimeters
wide, covered in black tile. In them,
highlights the union of pieces of
different colored glass assembled and
supported by tin rods. They are protected by
two tempered and laminated glasses of 8 lines
of thickness each one.
For a better visualization the stained glass
window has mercury lights and six lights of
400 volts.
Stained glass windows / Guayaquil for the Nation / The Story og Guayas and Quil
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Guayaquil Conquers the sky
Address: Americas Avenue, Jose Joaquin de
Olmedo Airport.
Parish: Tarqui.
Description: It was built in 1873 and tells
the history of aviation through a fragment
of the poem by Edgar Cevallos that says:
“The curious people filled San
Francisco, the squares, the
streets, all the places. Guayaquil
looked how an air balloon from
a circus inflamed and ascended
to the sky”.
The poem describes a universe
packed with many colorful birds,
the Square of San Francisco,
the old Jockey Club racetrack
(hippodrome), a floating circus
with trapeze artists and the
monoplane that belonged to
Cosme Renella. Another poem
also talks about the beginnings
of aviation, from June 8, 1903.
History of
Guayaquil’s
Foundation
Address: Benjamin Rosales Avenue, Land
Terminal
Parish: Tarqui.
Author: Edgar Cevallos Rosales
Description: The history of the Foundation
of Guayaquil is described in the stained glass
window with a fragment that says: “One day,
ships from another sea arrive suddenly, pushed
by imposing cloths. They approach the shore
and violent men descend”.
The stained glass window depicts the arrival
of the Spanish ships that descent to the shore
to place their banners and flags to mark their
territory.
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Stained glass windows / Guayaquil conquers the sky / History of Guayaquil’s Foundation
Foto: Carlos Julio González
Sculptures
O
ther artistic interpretation of
Guayaquil include the dozens of
sculptures made by renowned
national and foreign artists that
show different themes ranging from nature
and the ecological environment of flora and
fauna to various everyday aspects like folklore,
architecture and the traditions of the city.
Sculptures made of different materials such
as bronze, marble, iron, copper, basalt, wood,
scrap metal, ceramics, etc., are located in
parks, squares, main avenues and commercial
and tourist centers.
These are the main sculptures in the city:
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Sculptures of Juan Pueblo
Addresses: 1) Simon Bolivar Pier, near 10 de Agosto Street. Parish: Rocafuerte.
2) 9 de Octubre Boulevard and Tungurahua Street, Rodolfo Baquerizo Moreno Square.
Parish: Tarqui. Author: Luis Peñaherrera.
History: Juan Pueblo is a popular
character and icon of Guayaquil, created in
1918 by cartoonist Virgilio Jaime Salinas for
the column kaleidoscope that was published
by El Telegrafo Newspaper, who was identified
as the person responsible of complaints within
Guayaquil’s society. The character represents
the modest man, the worker who struggles
to succeed.
The character had several versions and
was illustrated in several newspapers of
the country like El Universo and La Prensa.
Initially he was portrayed as a very thin man,
malnourished, who walked barefoot and wore
old clothes and a black cap with a star in
the center; he was accompanied by a dog as
skinny as its owner.
When Virgilio Jaime Salinas died in 1959,
Ecuadorian artists Miguel Angel Gomez and Luis
Peñaherrera Bermeo subsequently retook
Juan Pueblo. Finally Peñaherrera,
known by his pseudonym “Robin”, in 1962
won a contest held by El Telegrafo newspaper
to succeed the original author and he inherited
the character and published it in his column
“Flechazos”.
In 1992 during the administration of Leon
Febres Cordero, Juan Pueblo became the
symbol of the “new Guayaquil”, leading the
civic campaign “Ahora o nunca, Guayaquil Vive
por Ti”. Since then Juan Pueblo became an icon
of the city, dressed in his white guayabera
shirt, his blue pants and his October star Cap.
In 2011, Mayor Jaime Nebot proposed to
Peñaherrera the idea of perpetuating him in
a sculpture.
The sculpture is made of bronze and
appears seated on a bench. The work of Luis
Peñaherrera is located at the Simon Bolivar
Pier next to the Moorish Tower within the Civic
Plaza and also at the Pier of the Salado Estuary
inside the Rodolfo Baquerizo Moreno Square.
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Parrot sculpture
Address: Rotunda of Benjamin Carrion
Avenue and Felipe Pezo Street, next
to City Mall. Author: Juan Marcelo
Sánchez. Parish: Tarqui.
Features: The sculpture of
the parrot that represents the bird
of Guayaquil was inaugurated on
November 8, 2006. The work is 21
meters high and is considered an iconic
image of the city for being considered
flagship specie in the tropical dry
forest conservation programs.
The sculpture is covered with about
70,000 hand-made ceramic pieces of
several colors.
Iguana
sculpture
Address: Las Monjas Avenue and
Carlos Julio Arosemena Avenue
(Aventura Plaza Shopping Center.)
Author: Juan Marcelo Sánchez.Parish:
Tarqui.
Features: The sculpture of the
Iguana pays homage to an emblematic
and native animal of Guayaquil.
The work was made with thousands
of ceramic pieces and for its
elaboration the author carried out
an intense observation of the specie
that inhabits the Seminario Park in
Guayaquil, in perfect harmony with
the visitors.
Sculptures / Parrot / Iguana
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Monkey
sculpture
Address: Pedro Menendez Gilbert Avenue, north
exit of the Carmen Hill tunnel. Author: Juan
Sanchez. Parish: Tarqui.
Features: The Sculpture of the monkey,
which is 12 meters high, is located at the entrance of the tunnel of Carmen Hill and shows
a primate called “machin monkey “, with his
left hand extended climbing up the branches
and leaves of a tropical tree.
The work required 110,000 small-multicolored ceramic pieces placed on a structure
of iron and cement. The main purpose of the
artwork is to strengthen environmental awareness among the inhabitants of Guayaquil, so
the fauna and flora of the city are valued and
respected.
Catfish sculpture
Address: Barcelona S. C. Avenue, North Lineal
Park.
Author: Jose Antonio Cauja.
Parish: Tarqui.
Photo: Carlos Julio González
Features: The sculpture of the catfish,
inaugurated on January 18, 2009, represents
the rich fauna of the Ecuadorian mangrove.
The catfish was chosen by the Municipality
of Guayaquil for being the representative fish
of the city because they reproduce in the
waters of the Salado Estuary.
The sculpture measures 2.20 meters in height
and 5 meters in width; weighs six tons, and is
made of basalt, which is harder than marble.
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Equilibrist statue
Address: Carlos Julio Arosemena
Avenue, Carlos Armando Romero
Rodas Square, Lineal Park.
Author: Maurice Monteros.
Parish: Tarqui.
Characteristics: The sculpture inaugurated on February 2,
2006, is a structure made of steel,
bronze and metal plate of 5 meters
high, inspired by the people who
do juggling in the streets, which
shows a tightrope walker dressed
in blue pants, harlequin shoes
and stripy socks, riding a unicycle
powered by a mechanical engine.
The equilibrist is pedaling while at
the same time is holding a balancing stick in his hands.
The mobile figure is inspired by an
investigation about new trends on
the circuses of the world carried out
by French artist Maurice Monteros.
“Like a fish in water” kinectic sculpture
Address: Pier of the Salado Estuary, near 9 de Octubre Boulevard.
Author: Maurice Montero. Parish: Tarqui.
Features: “Like a fish in the water”
is a mobile sculpture constructed by the
Municipality of Guayaquil.
The work is 3.5 meters long and 1.5 meters
high and it is made of stainless steel, bronze
and copper. In its bottom part, it has a small
electric engine that serves to produce a very
slow movement that simulates a living fish.
The bronze scales also move in accordance with
the rest of the structure. Underwater reflectors
that produce a unique light effect illuminate
the sculpture.
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Photo: José Dinitrakis
Horse Head sculpture
Address: Barcelona S. C. Avenue, North Lineal Park.
Author: Yela Loffredo. Parish: Tarqui.
Features: The sculpture of a “horse head”,
which is five meters high, is surrounded by
gardens and green areas that highlight the
beauty of the sculptural work.
The horse head is perfectly represented,
which is shown in the details of the work,
including the eyes of the horse, its snout and
mane.
Venus of Valdivia
sculpture
Address: Carlos Julio Arosemena Avenue, Carlos Armando
Romero Rodas Square. Lineal Park.
Author: Yela Loffredo. Parish: Tarqui.
Features: The sculpture that is casted in bronze and
is three meters in height, with one meter twenty in width,
was made in reference to the Venus of Valdivia, a statuette
of mud and stone of the ancestral aborigine culture of the
Ecuadorian coast (3500 B.C to 1800 B.C), which represents
the beauty of the women of the coastal region of the country
with their thin waists, wide hips, and curved legs.
The bronze statue, casted in wax, is placed over a concrete
base coated with marble; the casting process was done in
one piece.
The Venus of Valdivia figures are made from mud and stone
and are famous for highlighting the feminine forms, usually
naked, and for having hairstyles of all sizes. In that culture,
the higher the hair the higher the hierarchy within a group.
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Sculpture of Don
Quixote and
Sancho Panza
Address: Carlos Julio Arosemena Avenue, Carlos
Armando Romero Rodas Square. Lineal Park.
Author: Manuel Velastegui. Parish: Tarqui.
Features: The work pays tribute to the
classic character of literature, “Don Quixote de
La Mancha” created by Spanish writer Miguel
de Cervantes Saavedra.
The sculpture that depicts Don Quixote,
Sancho Panza and a windmill was inaugurated
on July 20, 2005.
The work is 3 meters high and 1.20 meters
wide, it is made with metals such as steel and
copper and has an approximate weight of 400
pounds.
Friends of
my garden
Avenue, Carlos Armando Romero
Rodas Square. Lineal Park.
Author: Jorge Pazzo Vargas.
Parish: Tarqui.
Features: The sculpture,
which was inaugurated in March
2007, shows the carving of several
women, representing the humanity
coming out of a tree, a concept,
which reflects that life comes from
mother-nature.
The work elaborated from a
200-year-old eucalyptus wood
from Quito, has a dimension of
4.5 meters high and 2.5 meters
wide and is raised on a sphere
surrounded by gardens.
Sculptures / Don Quixote and Sancho Panza / Friends of my garden
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Bird’s flight
Address: Antonio de Alcedo Street and Roberto
Levi Hoffman Avenue.
Author: Manuel Velastegui.
Parish: Tarqui.
Features: The sculpture which is four
meters high is made with recycled parts
from tractors and scrap metal, it represents,
according to the author of Guayaquil, “a city
of birds”, which mixes the longing of human
flight and a whirlwind of birds around a nest.
The work, which took six months and was
constructed from the process of welding iron,
shows a human figure with extended arms
towards the sky symbolizing freedom.
The
Fisherman
Address: Rotunda of the
intersection between Barcelona
S. C. and 5 de Junio avenues.
Author: Leonor Vera.
Parish: Tarqui.
Features: A memorial that
pays tribute to the working
people, represented in the
artisan fishermen of the coast.
The sculpture in bronze is
approximately five meters high
and is located on a circular
pedestal. It shows the figure of
a fisherman who is holding the
fishing net and two fish in his
right hand, while his left hand
rests on a representation of a
boat.
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Sculptures / Bird’s flight / The Fisherman
Wild Boars
Address: 10 de Agosto Street and Chile Avenue,
Seminario Park.
Author: Virgil Chaudejeaug.
Parish: Rocafuerte.
Features: The monument of the wild boars,
from French sculptor Virgil Chaudejeaug, was
imported from France and placed in a corner
of the Seminario Park, after the inauguration
of the statue of the Liberator that occurred on
July 24, 1889.
The monument was donated by the Chinese
community who lived in the city, as was the
custom of the era, in which the consulates
and foreign colonies, contributed with the
adornment of the city. In Chinese culture the
boar or pig is associated with fertility and
virility.
The sculpture of Naturalist and Impressionist style is located on a concrete pedestal
Photo: Efrén Avilés Pino.
with a printed allegory in bronze about nature,
over which a wild boars fight takes place.
The Faun and
the Bacchante
Address: Simon Bolivar Pier, near Imbabura
Street, Gardens of Pier.
Author: Luis Veloz.
Parish: Carbo.
Features: This 95-year-old monument,
made by Ecuadorian sculptor, Luis Veloz in the
year 1918, is inspired by the visit to Guayaquil
of Spanish dancer Tortola Valencia, who
performed at the Olmedo and Eden theaters
between 1922 and 1930. Because of the
sensual nature of the dancer, one of the most
ancient myths of mankind is evoked, having
as its principal element the sensual nudity
of a Bacchante in ecstasy. In ancient Rome,
women worshipped Bacchus, the god of wine,
participating in the so-called bacchanals. A
Faun, the Roman god of the countryside and
the shepherds, supports the Bacchante.
Sculptures / Wild Boars / The Faun and the Bacchante
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A brief history of Guayaquil
D
uring the 1540’s Diego de Urbina
organized the first settlement at
the foot of Cerrito Verde (Green Hill)
which later became known as Santa
Ana Hill. This settlement developed into a
beautiful city along the banks of the Guayas
River in the ancient Huancavilca Territory.
Thanks to the skillful hands of carpenters, the
wooden architecture of the city grew. Out of
precious, durable woods they built balconies
and portals that were unique to America.
Its location between the hills of Santa Ana
and Carmen offered a commanding view of
the river where sailboats carried out their
port activities. This early commercial activity
became the engine of the regional economy
during both colonial and republican times.
Its sheltered port, located in one of the most
peaceful estuaries of the west coast of the
South Pacific, turned into the largest shipyard
of the South Sea that Spain had.
Guayaquil was a cradle of liberty, which
was achieved during the Glorious Dawn of
October 9, 1820, when for the first time, in
the existing Ecuadorian territory, the explicit
and formal Declaration of Independence took
place. The armies that liberated Quito on May
24, 1822 departed from Guayaquil. From the
same city, a large contingent sealed the liberty
of South America during the battles of Junin
and Ayacucho.
Its geographical location had such
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transcendental geopolitical importance that
the only interview held between liberators
Bolivar and San Martin, took place in the city
on July 26, 1822.
During republican times, the dynamic river
port connected the region and the country
with international trade, creating thousands
of job opportunities and progress for all
Ecuadorians. From the port, cocoa (the golden
bean) and banana were exported to the ports of
Europe and North America. Also, technological
advances arrived to the country through the
port modernizing the life of the inhabitants.
Towards 1960, Guayaquil became a seaport
that promoted the economic, social, and
cultural development of the city. This attracted
the interest of large shipping companies that
invigorated their wealthy trade.
Its large market of diverse opportunities
and the beauty of its urban landscape framed
by the fresh breezes of the river, offered an
ideal atmosphere for art, cultural displays,
and a diverse gastronomy. These factors had
characterized the city as a tourist destination
of growing importance.
This city of the large river and the estuary
“where the sun is a domiciled sun, which dawns
laughing and sleeps playing in the Salado
Estuary” as chanted by poet Pablo Hannibal
Vela, open its arms to locals and foreigners, to
share the effort of building a society of peace
and a better world.
General information
Official name: Santiago de Guayaquil
Patron Saint Festivities of Santiago de Guayaquil: July 25
Independence: October 9, 1820
Extension: 345 square kilometers
Geographic Location: The geography of Guayaquil
is characterized by its coastal location along the
northwestern part of South America near the Equator. It has few elevations since it is far away from the
Andes Mountains. Its higher elevations are made
up of small hills that cross the city and later join
the mountain range called “Chongon-Colonche”,
which is located to the west. There is a network
of rivers formed by the Guayas to the east and the
Salado Estuary to the west giving it easy access to
the Pacific Ocean through the Gulf of Guayaquil.
Its port advantage has made Guayaquil the largest
city in Ecuador.
Elevation: 4 m (13.2 ft.)
Weather: Guayaquil can be visited any time of the
year, since it does not have extreme temperatures.
It has two seasons: winter (from January to May)
and summer (from June to December). During winter season, the city is hot during the day and a little
cooler at night and during the summer months its
cooler during the day and nighttime.
Population: It is the largest city of the country with
a population of approximately 2,500,000 inhabitants. The 2010 census showed that Guayaquil had
2,350, 915 inhabitants at that time.
Regional Name: Guayaquilenos
Time zone: GMT -5.
Language: Spanish is the official language; however, in some tourist areas, like large hotels and
classy restaurants, other languages are spoken.
English is the most common non-native language.
Currency: American Dollar
Postal code: EC0901
Type of government: Autonomous. The government is elected by democratic vote that elects a
Mayor and Cantonal Council.
Political-Administrative distribution: The Guayaquil canton has 16 urban parishes and 5 rural.
Attire: During the rainy season, from January to
May, the city can be quite warm and very sunny, an
ideal time to visit the beaches. During the day it is
recommended to dress for warm weather and wear
comfortable shoes. For those sunny days tourists
should wear something to protect their heads, use
sunblock, and even carry an umbrella. For the dry,
cooler season, from June to December, dress for
warm weather; however, at nighttime some may
need to wear a light sweater.
Voltage: 110 volts.
Local festivities:
January 1: New Year
February or March: Carnival
March or April: Easter
May 1: Labor Day
May 24: Battle of Pichincha
July 24: Birthday of Simon Bolivar.
July 25: Foundation of Guayaquil.
October 9: Independence of Guayaquil.
November 2: Day of the Death
December 25: Christmas
December 31: New Year’s Eve
Important telephone numbers
Emergency 911
National Police 101
Fire Department 102
Red Cross103
Ministry of Health
171
Blood Bank 042- 560675
Jose Joaquin de Olmedo Airport 04-2-169000
Bus Terminal of Guayaquil:04-2-130166
Civil Defense 04-2-469009
04-2-594800
Municipality of Guayaquil: Judicial Police: 04-2-870439
Customs Police: 04-2-489333
Friend (Amigo) Telephone:04-2-385808
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Country Codes, Phone Codes, Dialing Codes and telephone codes of the
provinces and cities of Ecuador
Country code: 593
Long distance dial:
00
ProvincEs:
Azuay: 07
Bolívar: 06
Cañar: 07
Carchi: 06
Chimborazo: 03
Cotopaxi: 03
Esmeraldas: 06
El Oro: 07
Galápagos: 05
Guayas: 04
Imbabura: 06
Loja: 07
Los Ríos: 05
Manabí: 05
Morona Santiago: 07
Orellana: 06
Pastaza: 06
Pichincha: 02
Santa Elena: 04
Santo Domingo
de los Tsáchilas: 07
Sucumbíos: 06
Napo: 06
Tungurahua: 03
Zamora Chinchipe: 03
CiTIes
Ambato: 03
Atacames: 06
Azoguez: 07
Baños: 03
Cuenca: 07
El Coca: 06
Esmeraldas: 06
Guayaquil: 04
Ibarra: 06
Ingapirca: 07
Isla Isabela: 05
Isla San Cristóbal: 05
Isla Santa Cruz: 05
Lago Agrio: 06
Loja: 07
Macas: 07
Machala: 07
Manta: 05
Montañita: 04
Napo: 06
Otavalo: 06
Quito: 02
Playas: 04
Portoviejo: 05
Puyo: 03
Quevedo: 05
Riobamba: 03
Salinas: 06
Santa Elena:
04
Santo Domingo: 02
Tababela: 02
Tena: 06
Pichincha: 02
Vilcabamba: 07
Zamora: 07
Tourist Services
Accommodations: There are a variety of options for
all tastes and budgets: 1 to 5 star hotels and hostels.
(More information in the hotel list on page 126)
Air transportation: Jose Joaquin de Olmedo
International Airport, listed as one of the best in
the world in its category. There are domestic flights
to main tourist destinations of Ecuador. Prices can
be found in the airlines’ websites.
Interprovincial Buses: Departing from the modern
bus terminal of Guayaquil, all destinations within
the country are covered. Prices and travel comfort
may vary according to the routes and transportation
companies.
Airport taxes: Jose Joaquín de Olmedo Airport:
$31.01 (international flights); $ 6.59 (domestic
flights)
Bus Terminal taxes: $0.20
Note: Taxes are subject to change.
Taxi Service: To guarantee the safety and comfort
of the traveler, it is recommended the use of taxis
while going to and from hotels, airports or shopping
malls. Private taxi companies have call centers that
arrange to pick up tourists throughout the city.
Warning: do not hail a taxi on the street. Use the
call center.
Car rental: Rental companies operate in the city
and have agencies inside the airport terminal.
Use of cars: Foreigners can use their driver’s license
for up to six months from the day they enter the
country.
Restaurants: The most exquisite gastronomy of
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Ecuador and the world can be tasted in the city.
There are options for all tastes and budgets
Safety: When visiting Guayaquil, tourists should
take the same precautions that they would anywhere
else. Do not leave your belongings unattended
and avoid deserted places at night. The National
Police and the Metropolitan Police guard the city’s
downtown. In case of emergency you can dial 911
and you will be helped immediately.
Visas and customs: A visa is not required for most
foreigners to enter the country for a stay of 90
days or less. However, citizens of Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal,
Nigeria, Pakistan and Somalia are required a visa
to enter the country for any length of time.
Currency: The US dollar is used. The bills and some
of the coins are the same as the ones used in the
United States; however, some coins are issued in
the country. Euros and other currencies must be
exchanged at the current exchange rate.
Currency exchange: Currency can be exchanged
at authorized exchange offices, hotels and banks.
It is not recommended to exchange currency in
the streets.
ATMs
There are ATMs throughout the city. They are easy
to find, and they work with all types of debit and
credit cards.
Credit cards: the most accepted are Visa,
MasterCard, American Express and Diners Club.
If your card is lost or stolen:
Call the following numbers to
block it:
Diners Club: +593 (02) 2984444.
American Express: 1700 242424.
Visa: +1 (303) 967-1096
Mastercard: +1 (636) 722-7111.
Note: the phone numbers are
subject to change.
Traveller’s Checks: can be used
in banking institutions; however,
they are not accepted in tourist
areas.
Airlines:
Aerogal: 2687566
Aircanada: 2453009
Airfrance/klm: 2169050/68
American Airlines: 2598800
Avianca: 2399411
Copa: 2303211
El al: 2889789
Emetebe: 2309290
Endecots: 2289589
Hanh air: 2453009
Heli Air Monaco Iberia: 2329558
Icelandair Japan Airlines:
2889789
Lac Lan: 2598500
Lufthansa: 2598060
Qantas Airways: 2889789
Saéreo Sba: 2169108/09
Star Perú: (09)81009411
Tame: 2560728/78
Embassies and
Consulates in Ecuador
ALBANIA
* Consular Section (Quito)
Address: N44-54 Isla Santiago
and Rio Coca
Phone mumber: (02) 2447142 (02) 2445272
Fax: (02) 2447090
Email: esumarca@hoy.net
Opening hours: Mondays to
Fridays: 08h30 – 16h00
ARGENTINA
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 21-147 Amazonas
avenue No. and Roca, 8th floor,
Offices 812 through 820
Phone numbers: (02) 2527624
- (02) 2564149 - (02) 2564207
- (02) 2562292 - (02) 2564149 (02) 2564207 - (02) 2563662.
Fax: (02) 2568177
PO Box: 17 21 0002 / 17- 1-2937
Email: eecua@mrecic.gov.ar
Website: www.cancillleria.gov.ar
Opening Hours: 09:00 to 17:00
from Mondays to Fridays
Customer service: 9:00 to 13:00
*General Consulate (Guayaquil)
Address: 10 Las Monjas avenue
and Carlos Julio Arosemena,
“Hamburgo” Building, ground
floor
Phone numbers: (04) 220869 (04) 220777
Fax: (04) 2208769
Email: eguay@mrecic.gov.ar
(02) 2263502
Fax: (02) 2462562
Email: patricio@izurieta.com
Honorary General Consul in
Quito
Patricio Izurieta Mora Bowen
AUSTRALIA
*Honorary Consulate in Guayaquil
Address: 520 Rocafuerte and
Tomás Martínez, Fundacion
Leonidas Ortega Building, First
floor.
Phone number: (04) 6017529
Fax: (04) 25014111
Email:ausconsulate@unidas.
com.ec
Opening hours: from 9:00 to
13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00
BELGIUM
*Consular Section in Quito
Address: N41-163 Los Cabildos
street, Futura Building, 4th floor
–Quito Tenis Residential Development, behind the Embassy
of Japan.
Phone numbers: (02) 2469017 /
099730860
Fax: (02) 2449125
PO Box: 17-07-9431
Email: w.stock@uio.satnet.net
Address: Las Americas Avenue,
TC Television Building. San
Joaquin Orravia. 3rd floor
Phone number: (04) 22 83374
Fax: (04) 2398857
Email: consuladobelgica@
tctelevisión.com
AUSTRIA
*Consular Section (Quito)
Address: E9-53 Gaspar de Villaroel avenue and Shyris, third
floor
Phone numbers: (02) 2469700 099554927
Fax: (02) 2443276 - (02)
2441143
Email: przibra@interactive.net.ec
Fridays from 10:00 to 12:00
*Honorary Consulate General in
Guayaquil
Address: 718 Jorge Pérez Concha
street
Opening hours: Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 10:00 to 12:00.
Email: sotomay@gye.satnet.net
BANGLADESH
*Honorary Consulate in Quito
Address: N35-89 Amazonas
avenues and Corea, Amazonas
Building 4000, 5th floor.
Phone numbers: (02) 2263500 -
BELARUS
Address: E7-22 Alpallana and
Whymper; GF, Torres Almagro
No. 9950
Email: quito@diplobel.sed.be
Honorary Consul of Belarus
Jaime Ortiz Barona
BOLIVIA
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 2432 Eloy Alfaro avenue and Fernando Ayarza
Phone number: (02) 2244830 (02) 2244831
Fax: (02) 2244833
PO Box: 17 21 0003
Email: embajadabolivia@embajadabolivia.ec
Website: www.embajadabolivia.ec
Opening hours: Consular: from
09:00 to13:00
Mission: from 09:00 to 13:00
and from 14:00 to 17:30
Quito-Ecuador
Address: 100 Cedros and Victor
117
Emilio Estrada (Urdesa)
– (04) 2885791 - (04) 2885789
Cell phone: 099524340
Email: jguzmani2000@yahoo.
com
13:00 and from 15:30 to 17:00
BRASIL
*Embassy (Quito)
and Arizaga, Amazonas Building Square, 7th floor
Fax: (02) 2277003
PO Box: 17 01 231
Email: ebrasil@embajadadelbrasil.org.ec
Website: www.quito.itamaraty.
gov.br
13:00 and from 15:00 to 18:00,
Mondays to Fridays
Quito-Ecuador
Address: 312 San Jorge avenue
and east 3rd. street (Kennedy)
Phone number: (04) 2293046 (04) 2283825
Cell phone 09-01-10444
Email: alberto@eurogres.
com.ec
14:00
BULGARIA
Address: Juan Tanca Marengo
avenue and Joaquín Orrantia.
Executive Center Building, 7th
floor, office702
Business center: (04) 2291830
Fax: (04) 2296895
Opening hours: 09:30 a 12:45
horas
Honorary Consul in Guayaquil
Isabel Noboa Ponton
CANADA
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 37-29 Amazonas and
Union Nacional de Periodistas,
Eurocenter Building, 3rd floor
Phone numbers: (02) 2455499 (02) 2272166
Fax: (02) 2277672
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PO Box: 17-11-6512
Email: quito@international.
gc.ca
Website: www.ecuador.gc.ca
Thursdays from 07:30 to16:00;
Fridays from 07:30 to 13:00.
Address: 234 Francisco de
Orellana avenue, Blue Towers
Building, 6th floor
Ext. 101
Email: cancongye@gmail.com
Basil Haylock
CHILE
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 3617 Juan Pablo Sanz
and Amazonas, Xerox Building,
4th floor
- (02) 2452752 - (02) 2459487
Fax: (02) 2444470
PO Box: 17-17-206
Email: echile.ecuador@minrel.
gov.cl / pnaranjo@minrel.
gov.cl
Fridays from 08h30 to 17h30.
*Consulate in Guayaquil
Address: 100 9 de Octubre avenue and Malecon, La Previsora
Building, 23rd floor, office 2306
Phone numbers: (04) 2562995 (04) 2564919
Fax: (04) 2565-151
PO Box: 09-01-828
Email: congechile.guayaquil@
espoltel.net
Opening hours: from 08: 00 to
13:00.
CHINA
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 349 Atahualpa avenue
and Amazonas avenue
- (02) 244462 (Protocol) (02)
2433407 –Consular Office
Email: susanaembajadachina@
gmail.com
Fax: 24 44 364/62
Fridays: from 09:00 to 12:00
and 15:00 to 17:00.
Consular Office: Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays from
9:00 to 11:30
*Consulate General in Guayaquil
Address: Santa Cecilia Citadel,
840 Central avenue between
streets 7th and 8th
Phone numbers: (04) 2850338 (04) 2850611
Fax: (04) 2850125
Email: consulado_chino_guayaquil@yahoo.com
General Consul in Guayaquil
Wang Weihua
COLOMBIA
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: N24-528 12 de Octubre avenue and Luis Cordero,
World Trade Center, B Tower,
14th floor
Fax: (02) 2221969
Email: equito@cancilleria.
gov.co
Fridays from 08:30 to 13:00 and
14:00 to 18:00.
Address: Francisco de Orellana
avenue, block 111. WTC, B
Tower, 11th floor, office 1105
- (04) 2630-674 - (04) 2630675
Fax: (04) 2630676
Opening Hours: Mondays to
Fridays from 09:00 to 13:30 and
14:30 to 18:00
COSTA RICA
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 111 Javier Arauz
and German Aleman (behind
Megamaxi and 6 de Diciembre
Avenue)
Phone number: (02) 2256016 (02) 2252330
Fax: (02) 2254-087
PO Box: 17 -03 -301
Email: embajcr@uio.satnet.net
/ secretcr@uio.satnet.net /
consulcr1@uio.satnet.net
*Consular Section in Guayaquil
Address: 2009 9 de Octubre and
Los Rios, El Marques Building,
11th floor
Fax: (04) 2375224
Cell phone: 09-9632856
Email: rsaenz@rree.go.cr
Consul in Guayaquil
Rafael Saenz
CUBA
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 365 Mercurio between
La Razon and El Vengador
Phone numbers: (02) 22 60981
- (02) 2456936 - (02) 2259183
Fax: (02) 2430594
Email: embajada@embacuba.
ec / secretaria@embacuba.ec
Website: www.embacuba.
cubaminrex.cu
CYPRUS
Address: 481 Humboldt and
Novoa Caamaño, Liguria Building, 6th floor
Phone numbers: (02) 3237758 (02) 3237545
Fax: (02) 2227344
Email: mariacar@uio.satnet.
net
Consul Ad-Honorem
Maria Cardenas Rivadeneira
CZEC REPUBLIC
Address: 520 Third avenue and
Fourth street, Los Ceibos
Fax: (04) 2353190
PO Box: 09-01-5094
Email: cnslzec@gye.satnet.net
Website: www.mzv.cz/bogota
12:00
(Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays)
DENMARK
*Consulate General in Quito
Address: Business Center Plaza
del Rancho, Block 1, 2nd floor,
Office. 206, Eugenio Espejo
avenue, Via Tanda –Miravalle
sector
Phone number: (02) 3957565 –
(02) 3957583
PO Box: 17-17-549
Email: danconsul@co-dan.com
/ pfornell@co-dan.com
Address: 604 General Cordova
and Mendiburo
Phone number: (04) 2308-020
/ 099742-908
Consul Guayaquil
Flemming Bo Falkentoft
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: E 12-80 German
Aleman street between Juan
Ramirez and Arroyo del Río,
behind Megamaxi (Batan Alto)
Phone numbers: (02) 2434232 (02) 2244478 - (02) 2269163
Fax: (02) 2434275
Email: info@embajadadominicanaecuador.com
Websites: www.embajadadominicanaecuador.com
15:30. Customer service until
14:30
EGYPT
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: E 4–56 Tarqui avenue
and 6 de Diciembre avenue
(across El Arbolito park)
Phone numbers: (02) 2509501 (02) 2225240 - (02) 2520895
Fax: (02) 2563521
PO Box: 17-7-9355
Email: embassy.quito@mfa.
gov.eg / nidiacordovamolina@
hotmail.com
Consular: Mondays to Fridays
from 10:00 to 13:00.
EL SALVADOR
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 123 Japon street and
Amazonas avenue, Ferlo- SANT
Building, 2nd floor
Fax: (02) 2254431
Email: estefaniaj@rree.gob.sv
Website: www.elsalvador.
com.ec
Address: 511 Clemente Ballen
and Boyaca
– (04) 2325150
Fax: (04) 2516068
horas
Dinorah De Luzi
ESTONIA
Address: N26-97 12 de Octubre
avenue and Abraham Lincoln,
Tower 1492 Building, 8th floor
Fax: (02) 298 6664
Cell phone: 09 9 443137
P.O Box: 17-03-719
Email: gromero@law.com.ec /
rap@law.com.ec
18:00
EUROPEAN UNION
*Delegation
Address: E11-160 Orellana
avenue and Whimper, Schuman
Building
Phone numbers: (02) 2523 912
– (02) 2523161 – (02) 2528040
Fax: (02) 2527 511
PO Box: 17-7-9695
Email: delegation-ecuador@
eeas.europa.eu
Websites: www.eeas.europa.eu/
delegations/ecuador
Thursdays from 08:00 to 13:00
and from 14:30 to 17:30;
Fridays: 08:00 to 13:30.
FINLAND
Address: 212 Luis Urdaneta and
General Cordova
Fax: (04) 2561295
PO Box: 09-01-4848
Email: jhmatas@yahoo.com
and 16:00 to 18:00
Humberto Mata Salvador
FRANCE
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 107 Leonidas Plaza
and Patria
119
Fax: (02) 2943809
PO Box: 1913 y 536
Email: cancilleria.quito-amba@
diplomatie.gouv.fr
Website: www.ambafran-ce-ec.
org
y 14:00 a 16:30, Mondays to
Thurdays
Consulate: 08:00 to 13:30 on
Fridays
Address: 909 Jose Mascote and
Hurtado
Fax: (04) 2328442
Email: consulatg-ye@yahoo.fr
Opening hours: 10:00 a 13:00.
Consul in Guayaquil
Thierry Souët
GEORGIA
Address: N27-157 Muros and
Gonzalez Suarez
Email: mkakabadse@makana.
com.ec
Honorary Consul in Quito
Manuel Eloy Esteban Kakabadse
Navarro (OJO, TRES NOMBRES)
GERMANY
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: E 10-44 Naciones
Unidas avenue and Republica
de El Salvador, Citiplaza Building, Floors 12-14.
Fax: (02) 2970815 / (02)
2970816
PO Box: 17-17-536
E-mail: info@quito.diplo.de
Website: www.quito.diplo.de
Thursdays: 7:30 to 12:30 and
13:00 to 16:30; Fridays: 07:30
to 13:15.
* Consular Section (Guayaquil)
Address: 10 Las Monjas avenue,
Berlin Building, 2nd floor
Phone number: (04) 2206868 (04) 2206867
Fax: (04) 2206869
Email: guayaquil@hk-diplo.de
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GREAT BRITAIN
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: Naciones Unidas and
Republica de El Salvador, Citiplaza Building, 14th floor
Phone numbers: (02) 2970800 (02) 2970801
Fax: (02) 2970809S
Emergency cell phone:
092029944
Po Box: 17-17-830
Email: britishembassy.quito@
fco.gov.uk / maria.rios@fco.
gov.uk
Website: www.britembquito.
org.ec / www.ukinecuador.fco.
gov.uk
12:30 and from 13:30 to 16:30,
Mondays to Thursday, and from
8:00 to 13:00 on Fridays
Address: 623 General Cordova
and Padre Solano
Phone numbers: (04) 25 60 400
/ (04) 2563850. Extension 318
Fax: (04) 25 62 641
Email: coling.armstronghoncon@fconet.fco.gov.uk /
rocio.torres-honcon@fconet.
fco.gov.uk
Colin Robert Armstrong, CMG
GREECE
Guayaquil
Address: Las Americas avenue
and Cosmerenela, El Bucanero
Building, Office 6.
Email: manager@bluepacagency.com
15:00
General Consul in Guayaquil
Stylianos Gkiokas
GUATEMALA
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 733 Republica de El
Salvador and Portugal, Gabriela
Building, 3rd floor, Office 301.
- (02) 2437751 Email: embecuador@minex.gob.gt
Website: www.ecuador.minex.gt
Address: Colon 3 Business
Center, Office 109.
Phone numbers: (04) 2136156 (04) 2136157
Fax: (04) 2380583
12:00.
Rafael Florido White
HAITI
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: E8-62 Francisco Robles
between Leonidas Plaza and 6
de Diciembre.
Phone number: (02) 2547565 (02) 223-4152
Fax: (02) 2224152
Email: amb.equateur@diplomatie.ht
Address: Km 8.5, Via Daule,
inside the Conquistador Group,
1st floor
Email: consuladohaiti@
satelite.com.ec
Fridays, from10h00 to 13h00
HOLY SEE
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 692 Orellana and 6 de
Diciembre avenue
Phone numbers: (02) 2505200 (02) 2505201
Fax: (02) 2564810
PO Box: 17 07 8980
Email: nunzec@uio.satnet.net
Fridays, from 08:30 to 13:00
and from 15: 00 to 17: 30; Saturdays: from 08:30 to 13:00
HONDURAS
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: N-277 Suecia street
and Shyris avenue, Suecia
Building, 5th floor
Phone numbers: (02) 2438820 (02) 2442476 - (02) 2254196
Fax: (02) 2442476
POBox: 17-03-4753
Email: embhquito@yahoo.com
Guayaquil
Address: 414 Bolivia y Chile
Fax: (04) 2445972
18:30.
HUNGARY
*Consulate in Quito
Address: 2859 Whimper and
Orellana, Whimper Building
Phone numbers: (02) 2506-514
– (02) 2545546
Fax: (02) 2502-802
PO Box: 17012371
Email: pacosa@andinanet.net
and from 15:00 to 18:00.
Phone numbers: (02) 3971500 (02) 3971502
Fax: (02) 3971555
–0984881288
PO Box: 17-21-038
Email: info@quito.mfa.gov.il
Website: www.quito.mfa.gov.il
16:30, Mondays to Thursdays.
From 08:30 to 14:00 on Fridays.
Address: 729 9 de Octubre
avenue and Boyaca, 4th floor.
Phone number: (04) 2322555 –
(04) 2322000
Fax: (04) 2328-196
13:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00.
Johnny Czarninski Baier
INDIA
Address: E9-24 Republica de El
Salvador and Suiza, Euro Building, 2nd floor, office B
Phone numbers: (02) 3332212 (02) 3332215
Fax: (02) 2569-017
Email: información@camara-ecuatoriana-india.ec / asistente@
camara-ecuatoriana-india.ec
IRAN
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: E14-43 Jose Queri
street and Los Granados avenue
PBX:(02) 334-3450 ext 200
FAX:(02) 334-3450 ext 220
Email: embiranecuador@gmail.
com
13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00
INDONESIA
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: E15-84 Quiteño Libre
street, Bellavista Neighborhood
Email: quito.kbri@kemlu.go.id
Address: 203 Luque and Pedro
Carbo, 4th floor, Apt. 40
Opening hours: 1 from 3:00 to
15:00
Email: lopezmarindos@yahoo.
com
Marcelo Lopez Mestanza.
ITALY
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 111 La Isla street and
Humberto Albornoz
Phone numbers: (02) 3211322 (02) 3211674 - (02) 3210565
Fax: (02) 3210818
PO Box: 17-03-72
Email: archivio.quito@esteri.it
/ segreteria.quito@esteri.it
Website: www.ambitalquito.org
12:30, Mondays to Fridays
Address: 423 P. Icaza between
Cordova and Baquerizo Moreno.
Machala Bank Building, 3rd
floor
Fax: (04) 2568447
13:00.
ISRAEL
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: avenue Coruña E25-58
and San Ignacio, Altana Plaza
Building, 5th floor
JAMAICA
Address: Malecon de Entre Ríos
avenue, Mediterraneo Complex
#8
Fax: (04) 2830-346
Cell phone: 086542 515
Email: consuladojamaicagye@
yahoo.com
A previous appointment is
required.
Ana María Pinchin de Ching
JAPAN
*Embassy (Quito)
avenue and Jose Arizaga,
Amazonas Plaza Building, floors
11 and 12
Phone numbers: (02) 2278700 (02) 2456426 - (02) 2468738
Fax: (02) 2449 399
PO Box: 17-21-01518
Email: embapon@qi.mofa.go.jp
/ sgc-t@qi.go.jp / japembec@
qi.mofa.go.jp
Website: www.ec.emb-ja-pam.
go.jp
and from 14:00 to 17:15.
Address: Km 11.5 Via Daule
Phone numbers: (04) 2100600 (04) 2100973. Ext 212 - 273
Fax: (04) 2100-151
Email: jsimoni@plastlit.com /
maritzacastro@plastlit.com
17:00
Honorary Consul General in
Guayaquil
Jaime Simon Isaias
LEBANON
Address: 101 Jose Campos and
Garcíi Aviles, 1st floor
– (04) 2563715
Fax: (04) 2562-692
Email: consul@consuladodelibano.com
Guayaquil
121
Juan Saade Saade
MALTA
Address: 905 Malecon between
Victor Manuel Rendon and
Junin. Simon Bolívar Building,
1st floor, Office 103
Fax: (04) 2301948
Email: tjharding@camcomeb.
com
14:00
Trevor Harding Bickle
MEXICO
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: N36–165 6 de Diciembre avenue and Naciones
Unidas
- (02) 2923771 - (02) 5103267
- (02) 2510273
Fax: (02) 2448245
Email: embajadamexecuador@
sre.gob.mx
Website: www.embamex.sre.
gob.mx/ecuador
Fridays, from 9h00 to 18h00.
MONACO
Address: 516 9 de Octubre and
Escobedo
Phone numbers: (04) 2306606 (04) 2328435
Fax: (04) 2567438
13:00
Javier Tola Neira
MOROCCO
Address: 200 Victor Emilio
Estrada and Balsamos
Fax: (04) 2883542
Email: asistenteconsul@lasfragancias.com
13:00.
122
General Information
Guayaquil
Antonio Alvarez Eljuri
NETHERALNDS
Address: 1502 Quisquis and
Tulcan, 1st floor, Office101
Fax: (04) 2286 047
Email: holangye@ecua.net.ec
13:00
NICARAGUA
*Embassy (Quito)
avenue and Moreno Bellido,
COMONSA Building, 5th floor,
Office. 5 a, (across Petro-Comercial gas station)
– (02) 2238885
Fax: (02) 2550796 Ext. 105
Email: embani-caecuador@
cancilleria.gob.ni / smarin@
cancilleria.gob.ni
Address: Lomas de Urdesa (104
Las Brisas and Olmos) Km 7.5.
Milantex Office
– (04) 2250815
Fax: (04) 2251193 – (04)
2206853
13:00 and from 15:00 to 17:00
Honorary Consulate in Guayaquil
Adelsi Ivette Acevedo Perez
NORWAY
Address: 106 Malecon del
Salado and Todos los Santos –
Urdesa
Fax: (04) 2384544
Email: aschmidt@gye.satnet.
net
14:00
Andres Schmidt Orces
PANAMA
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: E12-92 German Aleman and Arroyo del Rio (El
Batan)
Phone numbers: (02) 2248321 (02) 2431792 - (02) 2433653
Fax: (02) 2275044
PO Box: 17–07–9017
Email: panaembaecuador@
hotmail.com / embajadadepanama@uio.satnet.net
Website: www.embajadadepanamaecuador.com
PARAGUAY
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 24-594 12 de Octubre
avenue and General Francisco
Salazar, Torre Sol Verde Building, 8th floor.
Emergency cell phone:
0986247567
Telefax: (02) 2909005
Email: embaparaguayecuador@
hotmail.com / ecuadorembaparsc@mre.gov.py
Website: www.embajadadeparaguay.ec
Address: Km 11. 5 Via Daule
(Plasticos del Litoral)
Phone numbers: (04) 2100600.
Ext. 212
Fax: (04) 2100-151
PO Box: 09-01-1299
Email: xsimoni@plastlit.com
Guayaquil
Xavier Felix Simon Isaias
PERU
avenue, Block 501, Kennedy
Norte, 14th floor, office 2,
Centrum Building
– (04) 2280135 – (04) 2280142
Fax: (04) 2280183
Email: conperu@gye.satnet.net
Website: www.consuladoperuguayaquil.com
PHILIPPINES
Address: Alborada, Block Bt. # 2
Fax: (04) 241944
Opening hours: 10:00 to 14:00
Corazon Oliva de Reyes
POLAND
avenue and Malecon. La Previsora Building, 29th floor, office
2901
– (04) 2325757
Fax: (04) 2326111
PO Box: 09 015 965
Email: frizzo@andinave.com
and from 13:30 to 17:30.
Francisco Rizzo Pastor
PORTUGAL
*Honorary Consulate en Guayaquil
Address: 603 Los Rios and
Quisquis
Fax: (04) 2441991
PO. Box: 09-01-1217
Email: amarques@gnoboa.com
Opening Hours: from 09:00 to
12:00 and from 15:00 to 18:00
Antonio Marques Firmino
QATAR
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 1820 avenues 12 de
Octubre and Cordero, suite 605,
Swissotel (temporary residence)
Fax: (02) 2528913
Email: quito@mofa.gov.qa /
alinemakarian19@yahoo.com
RUMANIA
Address: Puntilla, Via Samborondon, Los Lagos Residential
Development Nº 28
Fax: (04) 2834088
Email: com.rumania@yahoo.
com
16:00
Maria Fernanda Parra
RUSSIA
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 4612 Reina Victoria
and Ramon Roca
- (02) 2526375 - (02) 2554510
- (02) 2505089 (consular
section)
Fax: 2565-531
PO Box: 17 01 3868
Email: embrusia_ecuador@
mail.ru / conrusia_ecuador@
mail.ru (consular section)
Websites: www.ecuador.mid.ru
Thursdays, from 08:00 to 13:00
and from 15:00 to 19:00. On
Fridays from 08:00 to 12:00
and Asisclo Garay
Fax: (04) 245-1361
Email: crusia@ecuanet.net.ec
Honorary Consulate in Guayaquil
Alfredo Jose Ortega Maldonado
SIRIA
Address: 523 Huancavilca and
Cacique Alvarez
Fax: (04) 2403619
and from 16:00 to 18:00
Juan Saman Abud
SLOVENIA
*Consulate (Quito)
Address: N65-Galo Plaza Lasso
avenue and Los Eucaliptos,
diagonal to Los Recuerdos park,
headquarters of Hidria Perles
Ecuador S.A company.
Phone number: (02) 2485213 –
(02) 2471105
Fax: (02) 2809022
Email: ladislao.medvedsek@
hidria.com
SOUTH KOREA
*Embassy (Quito)
avenue and Cordero, World
Trade Center, B Tower, 3rd floor
Phone number: (02) 2909227 (02) 2909228 - (02) 2909229
Fax: (02) 2501-190
PO Box: 17-03-626
Email: embajadadecoreaquito@gmail.com / ecuador@
mofa.go.kr
Opening hours: from 08:30
to 12:30 and 14:00 to 17:00,
Mondays to Fridays
Address: Km 3.5 Via Duran –
Tambo.
Fax: (04) 2559-029
Email: lchonill@poligrafica.
com
Opening hours: 09:00 a 16:00.
Luis Chonillo
SPAIN
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: E12-73 Francisco
Salazar and Toledo
Phone numbers: (02) 3226296 (02) 3226303 - (02) 3226896
Fax: (02) 3227805
PO Box: 17 01 9322
Email: emb.quito@maec.es
Website: www.exteriores.es/
embajadas/quito
Consulate: 455 La Pinta and
Amazonas
Address: corner of Velez and
123
Tungurahua
15:30.
SWITZERLAND
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 35-17 Amazonas
avenue and Juan Pablo Sanz,
Xerox Building, 2nd floor
Fax: (02) 2449314
Cell phone: 099568258 (emergencies)
PO Box: 17-11-4815
Email: qui.vertretung@eda.
admin.ch / roland.fischer@eda.
admin.ch
Website: www.eda.admin. ch/
quito
Avenue, Conauto Building, 5th
floor
Fax: (04) 2681997
12:00
Guayaquil
Herbert Frei Perez
TUNISIA
Address: 812 Cordova and Victor
M. Rendon, Torres de la Merced
Building, 5th floor, Office 7
Fax: (04) 2309903
12:00
Honorary general Consul in
Guayaquil
Fathi Ben Bouzid
TURKEY
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: No. 9-28 Sebastian
de Benalcazar street between
Oriente and Esmeraldas
Fax: (02) 2511493
PO Box: 170409
Email: embassy.quito@mfa.
gov.tr
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General Information
Luís Alberto Trujillo Bustamante
UNITED STATES
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: E12-170 Avigiras and
Eloy Alfaro
Phone numbers: (02) 398-5000
After opening hours: (02)
398-5000
Fax: (02) 398-5100
PO Box: 17-17-1538
12:30 and 13:30 to 17:00
Consular Section: (02) 3985000
Customer service: Mondays to
Thursdays from 07:30 to 12:00
and from 13:30 to 15:00.
Usaid: Avigiras E12-170 and
Eloy Alfaro
Address: Santa Ana street and
José Rodriguez Bonin avenue
Call center for other provinces
of Ecuador: (04) 371-7000
For Guayaquil and another
cities of the Guayas province:
371-7000
VENEZUELA
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: N30-240 Amazonas avenue and Eloy Alfaro, COMONSA
Building, floors 8 and 9
Phone numbers: (02) 2554032 (02) 2557209 - (02) 2554483
Fax: (02) 2520306 - (02)
2232334 - (02) 3238318
PO Box: 17-01-688
Email: embve.ecuador@mppre.
gob.ve
Website: www.venezuela.org.ec
Opening Hours: from 08:00 to
13:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00,
Mondays to Fridays
Address: 329 Chile and Aguirre,
2nd floor, Bontex Building
Phone numbers: (04) 2326600 (04) 2326579 - (04) 2326566
Fax: (04) 2320-751
Email: conve.ecgiq@mppre.
gob.ve
13:00
Consulate General in Guayaquil
Marco Antonio Carrillo Jimenez.
URUGUAY
*Embassy (Quito)
Address: 2816 6 de Diciembre
avenue and Paul Rivet “Josueth González” Building, 9th
floor
- (02) 2544228 - (02) 2541968
Fax: (02) 2563763
PO Box: 17-12-282
Email: uruguay@embajadauruguay.com.ec
Address: 114 Junín and Malecon, Torres del Rio Building,
5th floor, Office 9
Fax: (04) 2563952
Email: consulurug@grupoholco.com
Fridays: from 09:30 to 13:30
Hotel
Accommodations
LUXURY HOTELS
CONTINENTAL HOTEL
Address: 510 Chile avenue and
10 de Agosto street
Parish: Rocafuerte
Phone numbers: 04)2329270 –
(04)2325454
Website: www.hotelcontinental.
com.ec
Email: reservas@hotel continental.com.ec
GRAND GUAYAQUIL HOTEL
Address: 1506 Boyaca avenue
and Clemente Ballen street
Parish: Rocafuerte
Phone number: (04)2329690
Website: www.grandhotelguayaquil.com/
Email: info@grandhotelguayaquil.com
HAMPTON INN BOULEVARD
HOTEL
Address: 432 9 de Octubre Boulevard and Baquerizo Moreno
Avenue.
Parish: Carbo
Website: www.guayaquilhamptoninn.com
Email: reservas@hampton.com.ec
HILTON COLON HOTEL
avenue and Víctor Hugo Sicouret street.
Parish: Tarqui
Website: www.guayaquilhilton.
com
Email: reservas@hiltonguayaquil.com
ORO VERDE HOTEL
Boulevard and Garcia Moreno
Avenue.
Parish: 9 de Octubre
Phone numbers: (04)2327999
– (04) 2329350
Website: reservas_gye@oroverdehotels.com
Email: www.oroverdehotelel.com
RAMADA HOTEL
Address: 606 Malecon Simon
Bolivar avenue and Manuel
Luzarraga street.
Parish: Carbo
– (04)2565555
Website: www.hotelramada.com
Email: reservas@hotelramada.com
UNIPARK HOTEL
street and Chile Avenue.
Parish: Rocafuerte
– (04) 2328352
Website: www.uniparkhotel.com
Email: reservas@unipark.com
SHERATON HOTEL
Address: Joaquín Orrantia street
and Juan Tanca Marengo Avenue, Plaza del Sol.
Parish: Tarqui
– (04)2082081
Website: www.ghlhoteles.com
Email: reservas@sheraton.
com.ec
COURTYARD BY MARRIOT
GUAYAQUIL
Address: 236 Francisco de
Orellana Avenue, Blue Towers
Building.
Parish: Tarqui
– (04)2082081
Website: www.courtyardguayaquil.com
HM INTERNACIONAL
Address: Kennedy Norte Citadel,
Lot 7, Block 305.
Parish: Tarqui
Website: www.hmhotel.ec
Email: info@hmhotel.ec
SONESTA
Address: Joaquín Orrantia street
and Leopoldo Benitez Avenue.
Parish: Tarqui
Website: http://espanol.sonesta.com/guayaquil/
Email: reservations@sonesta.com
HOLIDAY INN GUAYAQUIL
AIRPORT
Address: Jaime Roldos Aguilera
avenue (next to Jose Joaquín
de Olmedo Airport).
Parish: Tarqui
Website: www.holidayinn.com
Email: jlmorejon@holidayinngye.com
WYNDHAM GUAYAQUIL
Address: Puerto Santa Ana, at
the end of Numa Pompilio Llona
street in Las Peñas Neighborhood.
Parrish: Tarqui
Website: http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/ecuador/
guayaquil-guayas/wyndhamguayaquil/hotel-overview
FIRST - CLASS
ALEXANDER HOTEL
Address: 1107 Luque street and
Pedro Moncayo Avenue.
Parish: Rocafuerte
– (04)2328474
Website: http://hotelalexander.
com.ec/
Email: hotelalexander@hotmail.com
DORAL HOTEL
Aguirre street.
Parish: Rocafuerte
Phone numbers: 2328490 –
2327088
Website: www.hdoral.com
Email: reservaciones@hdoral.com
RIZZO HOTEL
street and Chile Avenue.
Parish: Rocafuerte
– (04)2320544
Website: www.rizzohotel.ec
Email: hotrizzo@gye.satnet.net
SOL DE ORIENTE HOTEL
Address: 603 Aguirre street #
603 and Escobedo Avenue.
Parish: Rocafuerte
Phone numbers: (04)2325500 –
(04) 2329352
Website: www.hotelsoloriente.
com
Email: reservaciones@hotelsoloriente.com
SOL DE ORO
Address: 1243 Lorenzo de
Garaycoa avenue and Clemente
Ballen street.
Parish: Rocafuerte
(04)2532067/8
Email: hsoloro@hotmail.com
MARCELIUS
Address: Jose Falconi avenue
and y Jose AlaVedra Tama
street.
Parish: Tarqui
Website: www.hotelmarcelius.com
Email: info@hotelmarcelius.com
GOLD CENTER HOTEL
Address: Rodolfo Baquerizo Nazur avenue, V Stage, Alborada
Citadel.
125
Parish: Rocafuerte
– (04)2262883
Website: www.goldcenterhotel.
com
Email: info@goldcenterhotel.com
PALACE HOTEL
Luque street.
Parish: Rocafuerte
(04) 2322887
Website: www.hotelpalaceguayaquil.com.ec
Email: info@hotelpalaceguayaquil.com
CASTELL HOTEL
Address: Miguel H. Alcívar avenue and Pumpilio Ulloa street,
Kennedy Norte Citadel.
Parish: Tarqui
– (04)2680099
Website: www.hotelcastell.com
Email: recepcion@castell.com
CITY PLAZA HOTEL
Address: 922 Boyaca avenue
and Víctor Manuel Rendon
street.
Parish: Roca
Website: http://www.hotelcityplaza.com.ec/
Email: reservas@hotelcityplaza.com.ec
CORONA REAL HOTEL
Address: Enrique de Grau Ruiz
avenue, Sauces IX, block L11,
lot 12.
Parish: Tarqui
Email: reservas@hotelcoronareal.com
MANGING GALLERY HOTEL
Boulevard and Garcia Moreno
avenue.
Parish: 9 de Octubre
Category: first-class
– (04)2691881
Website: www.hotelgaleriamanging.com
Email: reservas@hotelgaleria126
General Information
manging.com
AIRPORT HOTEL
Address: Americas avenue and
A street.
Parish: Tarqui
Website: http://airporthotelguayaquil.com
Email: airporthotel@live.com
SECOND - CLASS
LA TORRE HOTEL
Luque street, Torre Azul Building floors 13-14 -15.
Parish: Rocafuerte
– (04)2531354
Website: www.latorrehotel.
com.ec
Email: hlatorre@gye.satnet.net
CALIFORNIA HOTEL
Address: 601 Ximena avenue
and Urdaneta street.
Parish: Roca
(04)2562548
Email: hotelcalifornia_@
hotmail.com
NEVADA HOTEL
Address: 710 Lorenzo de Garaycoa avenue and Quisquis street.
Parish: Roca
ALBORADA HOTEL
Address: La Alborada Citadel, IX
Stage, block 935, villa 8.
Parish: Tarqui
(04)2641444
HOTEL HOWARD JOHNSON
avenue and Abel Romero Castillo Avenue.
Parish: Tarqui
Phone numbers: (04)2397374(04)3900202
Website: www.ghlhotel.com.co
Email: reservas@hojogye.com
MARCELIUS HOTEL (BRANCH)
Address: Miguel H. Alcívar avenue and Abel Romero Castillo
Avenue, Kennedy Norte Citadel.
Parish: Tarqui
Website: www.hotelmarcelius.
com/indec.htm
Email: marcelius_hotel@
hotmail.com
MALECON INN HOTEL
Address: 203 Sucre street and
Pichincha avenue.
Parish: Rocafuerte
2511290
Website: http://www.maleconinn.com/home.html
ORQUIDEA INTERNACIONAL
HOTEL
Address: 309 J.J. Olmedo
Boulevard and Chile street.
Parish: Olmedo
Website: www.orquideainternacionalhotel.com
Email: reservas@orquideainternacionalhotel.com
HOTEL PRESIDENTE INTERNACIONAL
Address: 112 Junin street and
Ximena avenue.
Parish: Roca
Website: http://presidenteinternacional.com/
TROPICAL INTERNACIONAL
HOTEL
Address: 516 Ambato avenue
and General Gomez street.
Parish: Ayacucho
Category: Second-class
– (04)6012133
Website: www.hoteltropicalinn.
com
Email: reservas@tropicalinn.com
GARZOTA INN Address: Isidro Ayora avenue
and Camilo Nevarez avenue.
Parish: Tarqui
Website: http://www.hotelgarzotainn.com
VERSAILLES INTERNACIONAL
Address: 100 Junin street and
Ximena avenue.
Parish: Roca
Email: hotelversailes@hotmail.
com
ONIX GOLD
Address: 514 Jose de Antepara
avenue between Padre Solano y
Luis Urdaneta streets.
Parish: Tarqui
RESIDENTIAL HOSTEL
FIRST-CLASS
MANSO BOUTIQUE HOSTEL
Address: 1406 Malecon Simon
Bolivar avenue and Aguirre
street
Parish: Rocafuerte
Website: www.manso.ec
Email: info@manso.ec
BOARDING HOUSE
FIRST-CLASS
MANSION DEL RÍO
Address: 120 Numa Pompilio
Llona street, next to Puerto
Santa Ana.
Parish: Tarqui
2565827 – 2565983
Website: www.mansiondelrioec.com
Email: reservas@mansiondelrio-ec.com
APART-HOTEL
FIRST-CLASS
APART HOTEL KENNEDY
Address: Kennedy Norte Citadel
(near Hilton Colon Hotel)
Parish: Tarqui
Phone numbers: 2681 111 –
2681 060
Email: reservas@hotelkennedy.
com.ec
Shopping malls
LAS VITRINAS
Address: Kennedy Norte Citadel,
Dr. Juan Bautista Arzube street
between avenue 11 Northeast
and Blind Alley 11 Northeast.
POLICENTRO
Address: Kennedy Norte Citalde.
Avenues Plaza Dañin and San
Jorge.
PLAZA QUIL
Address: Carlos Luis Plaza Dañin
avenue and Francisco Boloña
street.
SAN MARINO SHOPPING
CENTER
Address: Avenues Francisco de
Orellana and Plaza Dañin.
PASEO ORELLANA
Orellana and Santiago Castillo.
MALL DEL SOL
Address: Avenues Joaquin Orrantia and Constitucion.
ALBOCENTRO
Address: Rodolfo Baquerizo
Nazur avenue and Gabriel
Roldos street.
PLAZA LA GARZOTA (GARZOCENTRO)
Address: Avenues Agustin Freire
and Guillermo Pareja.
PLAZA MAYOR
Address: Guillermo Pareja
Rolando avenue and Segundo
Cueva Celi street.
LA ROTONDA
Address: Benjamin Carrion
avenue and Third street.
CITY MALL
Address: Benjamin Carrino Mora
avenue and y Pedro Valverde
Alvarez street.
RIOCENTRO NORTE
Orellana and Guillermo Pareja.
RIOCENTRO CEIBOS
Address: Bombero Avenue, km
6.5 Via the Coast.
PLAZA CEIBOS SHOPPING
Address: Leopoldo Carrera Calvo
avenue, via Campus ESPOL
Prosperina “Gustavo Galindo”.
CENTRO COMERCIAL LOS CEIBOS
Address: Los Ceibos Citadel,
streets Dr. Jose de Rubira
Ramos and Dr. Jose Luis Auzlandazuri.
PIAZZA LOS CEIBOS
Address: Bombero avenue, km
6.5 Via the Coast.
PLAZA COLONIA
Address: Via the Coast, km 11.5
BLUE COAST CENTER
Address: Via the Coast, km 11.5.
COSTALMAR SHOPPING CENTER
Address: Via the Coast, Km 14.
LAGUNA PLAZA
Address: Via the Coast, km 12.5.
MUNICIPAL FLOWER MARKET
“ZAYDA LETTY CASTILLO”
Address: Machala avenue
between streets Vicente Piedrahita and Julian Coronel.
UNICENTRO
Address: Aguirre street between
streets Ch
imborazo and Chile.
PLAZA TRIÁNGULO
Address: Victor Emilio Estrada
avenue and Datiles street.
PASEO COMERCIAL EL CORREO
Address: Pedro Carbo street
betnwen streets Clemente Ballen and Aguirre
AVENTURA PLAZA
Address: Avenues Las Monjas
and Carlos Julio Arosemena.
CRAFT MARKET OF GUAYAQUIL
Address: streets Loja and
Baquerizo Moreno.
ALBAN BORJA
avenue and Ilanes street.
MALECON 2000
Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar
avenue from Olmedo street
until Colon street.
127
Terrestrial distances (km)
The shortest paths are taken (urban sections are not included)
Locality
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121314 15
1Ambato
0269220 406 40306338390288 99440251 47511 701
2Azoguez
269 0238 493272 37260630213252279520316242 432
3Babahoyo 220238 0 322273275130392 83121278455267240 427
4Bahia
406493322 0446530248392280381533455375895 682
5Baños
40272237 446 0309335430288116445291 87514 704
6Cuenca
306 37275 530309 0297667250289242557353205 395
7Daule
388260130 248336297 0425 47251300488313455 449
8Esmeraldas 390630392 392430667425 0472489670433343832 819
9Guayaquil 288213 83 280288550 47472 0204253535335415 402
10Guaranda
99252121 381116289251489204 0399350146494 684
11Huaquillas 440279278 533445242300670253399 0693489233 195
12Ibarra
251520455 455291557488433535350693 0204762 952
13Latacunga
47316 267 375 87353 313343335146 489204 0 558 748
14Loja
511242440 895514205455832415494233762558 0 190
15Macara
701432427 682704395449819402684195952748190 0
16Macas
230219427 842190231479620432305473479277436 626
17Machachi
99368313 313739405346291393198541152 52610 800
18Machala
382225216 471383188238608191337 73633492235 222
19Manta
404409281 120444448157442196402449505355611 598
20Otavalo
231500435 435271537468413515330673 20184742 932
21Playas
385310180 364385347131556 97301350632432512 499
22Portoviejo 369407248 86409444155407194367447470320609 596
23Puyo
101333298 513 61370396491349176506350148519 709
24Quevedo
224341193 219264378138289183224381352177543 530
25Quininde 290560292 292330567325100372413570333243732 719
26Quito
136405304 340176442373318420235578115 89647 837
27Riobamba
52217182 464555254280442233 61390303 99459 649
28Rumichaca 380649584 5844206866175626644798221293338911081
29Salinas
451376246 308451413197622163367416685498578 565
30 Sto. Domingo205445207 207245482240185287328485248158847 634
31Tena
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32Tulcán
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BAHIA MALL
Address: streets Chile and
Chiriboga.
CENTRO SUR
Address: streets Chile and
Azuay.
CRAFT MARKET OF MALECON2000
avenue, next to Febres- Cordero
street.
MALL DEL SUR
Address: Avenues 25 de julio
and Dr. Ernesto Alban.
CRAFT SHOPPING CENTER
MACHALA
Address: Machala avenue
between streets Ayacucho and
Pedro Pablo Gomez.
128
General Information
RIOCENTRO SUR
Address: 25 de Julio avenue and
y Pio Jaramillo Alvarado street.
CENTRO COMERCIAL EL FORTÍN
Address: Avenues Modesto
Luque and Casuarina.
Conventions Center
SIMON BOLIVAR CONVENTION
CENTER
Address: Las Américas avenue and Dr.
Abel Romero Castillo street.
RODOLFO BAQUERIZO MORENO
EXHIBITION CENTER
Address: Boulevard 9 de Octubre
avenue and Tungurahua street.
OLD SOUTH MARKET
(CRYSTAL PALACE)
Address: Malecon Simon Bolivar, next
to Manabi street, Integration Square.
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Sports Venues
LUIS CHIRIBOGA PARRA
STADIUM
Address: streets 40 and J.
CISNE 2 SPORTS COMPLEX
Address: Cooperative Cisne 2,
Las Balsas Avenue.
GEORGE CAPWELL STADIUM
OF EMELEC (BANCO DEL PACIFICO)
Address: Quito avenue between
streets General Gomez, San
Martín and Pio Montufar.
YEYO URAGA BASEBALL STADIUM
Address: Tungurahua street and
Damian Najera Avenue.
(next to Bellavista).
RAMON UNAMUNO STADIUM
Address: streets Los Rios and
Cuenca.
SPENCER
Address: avenues Las Americas
and Kennedy.
ABEL JIMENEZ PARRA COLISEUM
Address: Tungurahua street and
Capitan Najera Avenue.
VOLTAIRE PALADINES POLO
MONUMENTAL STADIUM OF
BARCELONA (BANCO DEL
PICHINCHA)
Address: Barcelona avenue and
Barcelona pedestrian bridge
MODELO STADIUM ALBERTO
COLISEUM
Address: avenues Las Americas
and Kennedy.
BASEBALL FIELDS OF
KENNEDY CITADEl
Address: Kennedy Citadel,
129
streets 7th west and G.
MIRAFLORES BASEBALL
FIELDS
Address: Victor Emilio Estrada
avenue and Enrique Diaz Galarza street.
CARLOS PEREZ PERASSO
GUAYAQUIL COUNTRY CLUB
Address: Via Daule, km 33.5
CHILD-JUVENILE MI LOTE
Address: Mucho Lote 1, Stage
2, Block 3.
Museums
Avenue, next to Loja street.
GUAYAQUIL IN HISTORY
MINIATURE MUSEUM
Avenue, next to Loja street.
EL FORTIN DE SANTA ANA
LUIS A. NOBOA NARANJO
SPORTS COURTS
Address: Martha Bucaram de
Roldos street and Barcelona
Avenue, San Eduardo Hill, Via
Daule
MUSEUM
Address: Stair 380 of the Diego
Noboa Stairways, Santa Ana
Hill, northeast of the city.
MUSEUM
Address: General Cordova
avenue and P. Icaza street,
downtown.
JULIO JARAMILLO POPULAR
NATIONAL TENNIS CLUB
Address: Via Daule, km 6.5.
MUSIC MUSEUM
Address: Santa Ana Port, Building # 3, second floor, northeast
of the city.
NAHIM ISAIAS MUSEUM
Address: Pichincha avenue and
Clemente Ballen street, Administration Square, downtown.
CHRISTIAN BENITEZ BETANCOURT STADIUM
Address: Los Vergeles Citadel
sector, between citadels Los
Samanes 7 and Orquideas (6NE
Santa Narcisa de Jesús Avenue),
north of the city.
MULTIPORPUSE SPORTS
BEER MUSEUM
Address: Santa Ana Port, Building # 3, second floor, northeast
of the city.
SHIPYARD MUSUEM: BARCE-
COURTS OF LINEAL PARK
Address: Via the Coast, Km. 8.5.
LONA AND EMELEC
Address: Santa Ana Port, Building # 3., second floor, northeast of the city.
ECO-SPORT TRINITARIA
Address: Marcelo Mario Suarez
Montesdeoca Avenue, Isla
Trinitaria.
“CORONEL FELIX LUQUE
PLATA” FIREFIGHTERS MU-
ALEJANDRO PONCE NOBOA
STADIUM
Address: Pío Jaramillo Alvarado
avenue and Sixto Duran Barrera
street, Fertisa sector, Sopeña
Neighborhood.
SEUM
Address: Vernaza Blind Alley
Malecon Simon Bolivar Avenue,
Colon Square.
“MARIA EUGENIA PUIG
LINCE” HISTORY OF GUAYA-
GUAYAQUIL TENNIS CLUB
Address: 9 de Octubre avenue
and Lizardo Garcia street.
QUIL IN CLAY MUSEUM
Address: Barcelona S.C. Avenue, between the bridges El
Velero and 17th street, northeast of the city.
HORSE RIDING COUNTRY CLUB
Address: Via Daule, km 22
ANTROPOLOGICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART MUSUEM
(MAAC)
130
General Information
MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF
GUAYAQUIL
Address: Diez de Agosto avenue
and Chile street, downtown.
CARLOS ZEBALLOS MENENDEZ
MUSEUM (CULTURAL CENTER)
Address: 1200 Boulevard 9 de
Octubre and Pedro Moncayo
street, Cultural Center of Guayas
Building, 5th floor, downtown.
PRESLEY NORTON MUSEUM
Address: Boulevard 9 de
Octubre and Carchi Avenue,
downtown.
BAE CALDERON NAVAL MUSEUM
Address: Eloy Alfaro avenue and
Cañar street (32-A SE), south
of the city.
CONTEMPORARY NAVAL MUSEUM
Address: Fray Vacas Galindo
street and Jose Maria Urbina avenue (11 SE), south of the city.
Gloria Gallardo Zavala
President of the Public And Municipal Company of Tourism,
Civic Promotion and International Relations of Guayaquil
T
he President of the Public and
Municipal Company of Tourism,
Civic Promotion and International
Relations of Guayaquil is proud to
present to the people of Guayaquil,
to all Ecuadorians and foreigners, the
official guides of the Municipality of
Guayaquil based in an inventory made
by categories, with directions and
parishes, including the respective maps;
to promote them with our brand
“Guayaquil is my destination”, which has
represented a gigantic work that have
had the support of the Tourism team,
and the Director of Communication and
Urbanism and the Vistazo Group; from
historian Parsival Castro and Engineer
Aldo Mora who designed the maps. My
special gratitude to Carlos Julio Gonzalez
and Priscilla Parker who enriched these
guides with their wonderful pictures; also
to Lourdes Taznic and Ana Lema for the
work carried out on the Cocoa Route.
My eternal appreciation to all the
people that have made possible this
great work of presenting Guayaquil as
“the city of the River and the Estuary”,
with all its history, identity, beauty and
progress; a work achieved that represent
a dream come true for us.
Guayaquil is my Destination to know
its history
its heritage
its Museums and street Art.
Guayaquil is my Destination to live
the Route of Faith
Guayaquil is my Destination to have
fun and enjoy
Guayaquil is my Destination to enjoy
its nature
Guayaquil is my Destination to taste
its gastronomy
These official guides will be available
in PDF in the website web turismo.
guayaquil.gob.ec, for consults and
downloads.
All the information will be also
available through the mobile apps for
tablets and smartphones. Tourists will be
able to use GPS in their mobile devices
to get to the chosen destinations. In this
way, they can locate the sites they want
to go and tour the city of Guayaquil.
“Guayaquil captain of my soul, owner
of my destiny, you are the light that
illuminates my life, where my dreams
come true”.
Guayaquil is my destination.
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