Pre-Columbian period
Hunter-gatherers left tools of obsidian glass, dated to
8000 BC.
The conquistador ________ founded Santiago de Quito
Diego de Almagro
On________ the Marcist Revolution began
6 March 1845
Quito is governed by_________ a mayor and a 15-member city council.
Pabel Muñoz Lopez.
his archeological site is called
EI Inga
The city was later refounded at its present location on _________ by 204 settlers led by Sebastián de Benalcázar
6 December 1534
In 1875 the country's president_____________was assassinated in Quito.
Gabriel García Moreno
The MetrobusQ network, also known as__________
"Red Integrada de Transporte Público"
The second important vestige of human settlement was found in the current neighborhood of
Cotocollao 1500 BC
Sebastián de Benalcázar, who captured leader_________, ending all organized resistance
Rumiñahui
Archbishop ____________ was killed by poison while celebrating Mass in Quito
José Ignacio Checa y Barba
The _______________ is the most important neo-Gothic building in Ecuador
monumental Basilica del Voto Nacional
The priest_________ wrote about a Kingdom of Quito
Juan de Velasco
In 1563 Quito became the seat of___________
a Real Audiencia (administrative district) of Spain.
In 1882, insurgents rose up against the regime of dictator______________.
Ignacio de Veintimilla
The historic center of Quito is to the south of the capital's current center, on an area of____________
320 ha (790 acres)
In the early 21st century, there were spectacular new finds of 20-meter deep tombs in the__________
La Florida neighborhood of Quito.
In_______________the San Francisco Convent was constructed
January 1535
________was arrested on 28 January 1912, and imprisoned, then lynched by a mob that stormed the prison
Eloy Alfaro
Quito's altitude is listed at_________
2,820 m