Walking tour of the city of Cuenca today with vistas across remodeled cloister to the “new cathedral” domes (NB there is no tower on the church as the stone structure was so heavy, the walls started to crack!). We pass in front of the mayor’s house and learn that US ex-pats take these apartments – too expensive for most local people. Flowers everywhere are beautifully cared for. It ends of raining again – just part of the change of the weather every day. The city is surrounded by mountains so all views out of town look similar.
The pre Inca “Chacana” an 8 point star on a sundial. This shape is found throughout church designs, small residential landscapes like this one and the earliest indigenous monuments.
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