Quito

Here, a state religious promise becomes a dispute over the right to speak on behalf of the country, and a long construction project funded by private donations.

The final stop links the name on the sign to the brothers’ joint work restoring the main altar.

The descent will connect today’s route into Guápulo with the expedition that set out from here beyond the Andes and broke apart at the rivers.

The gilded interior becomes the setting for the story of how church testimony turned a laywoman’s death into voluntary martyrdom.

This stop will connect the spur's name with a scientific dispute over the shape of the Earth.

The painted cycle shows how an account passed on to the brotherhood became visible proof of the local cult.

A small portable image will explain where the funds for the large church and its decoration came from.

A family restaurant concludes the route with the story of a house restored after the loss of its secret room.

Here you will see why the festival begins up high and how much neighborhood work is needed for the shared procession.

Here, the compromise between tourism, community income, and conserving the water-gathering slope will become visible.

This open space shows where personal festival obligations became exchanges among families.

Documents about the blacksmith distinguish the real agreement for a family chapel from the famous legend.

The square will show why taking over several buildings made it possible to change the government without a battle—and why that did not save the conspirators.

This stop connects a church-state conflict with an investigation in which the evidence outlived the name of the criminal.

A simple structure will show what became of the plan for a large entertainment complex.

Here you will understand how the line’s design determined the course of the nighttime rescue operation.

The final stop will show how the cable car changed the old route across the range.

The signboard will help explain why Pichincha’s two peaks bore mixed-up names for so long.