Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an Inca city and stands at an altitude of 2,850 m. Despite the 1917 earthquake, the city has the best-preserved, least ...

The ancient capital is known for its elaborate mud-brick architecture that once formed one of the largest adobe cities in the world ... They were subjugated by the Inca in the late 1400s, several ...