QUITO: The City and the Volcano

Ecuador: Ediciones Libri Mundi/Enrique Grosse-Luemern, 2001. AU4 - A hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, scattered scratches and rubbing, wrinkled on the bottom spine and corners near it, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Translated from French by Mercedes Reyer. 12.25"x9.75", 245 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Quito (formally Saint Francis of Quito) is the capital of Ecuador, the country's most populous city and at an elevation of 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level, it is the second highest official capital city in the world, and the closest to the equator. It is located in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains. In 2008, the city was designated as the headquarters of the Union of South American Nations. The historic centre of Quito is one of the largest, least-altered and best-preserved in the Americas. Quito and Kraków, Poland, were the first World Cultural Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO, in 1978. The central square of Quito is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of the equator; the city itself extends to within about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of zero latitude. A monument and museum marking the general location of the equator is known locally as la mitad del mundo (the middle of the world), to avoid confusion, as the word Ecuador is Spanish for equator. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.