📜 Monument commemorating the 1739 French Geodesic Mission, which charted the equator and measured the Earth's shape.
🔍 Features a 30-meter tower topped by a 5-ton bronze globe and houses a museum of Ecuadorian ethnography.
📸 Unique photo opportunities straddling the painted equator line.
🏛️ Explore a museum of Ecuadorian ethnography inside.
🔭 Upper observation deck offers valley views.
🍲 Try local Ecuadorian cuisine and chocolate nearby.
⚠️ The monument's painted equator line is geographically inaccurate by 240 meters.
🚶 The French Geodesic Mission did not actually visit this specific site.
☀️ Visit in the morning to allow ample time for activities.
🚶 Explore the nearby Intiñan Solar Museum for the "true" equator line and cultural demonstrations.
🌋 Consider a trip to Pululahua Volcano, one of the few inhabited volcanic craters.
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