Metropolitan Cultural Center

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Metropolitan Cultural Center

Metropolitan Cultural Center (Spanish: Centro Cultural Metropolitano) is a cultural institution based in Quito, Ecuador. It was established in 1997 in a building which dates to 1622.

This building belongs to the colonial epoch, but its facade was rebuilt in the 20th century with a neo-classic style. The First Central University was in this building. It also was a jail where Spanish authorities executed insurgents during the Ecuadorian War of Independence.[1]

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  1. ^ "Metropolitan Cultural Centre of Quito |". www.pps.org. Retrieved 2021-01-04.

Coordinates: 0°13′13″S 78°30′48″W / 0.2204°S 78.5132°W / -0.2204; -78.5132


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