Plaza Grande

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historic site public square tourist attraction

Plaza Grande is the main historic square in Quito, Ecuador, surrounded by important government and religious buildings and serving as the political and cultural heart of the city.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Plaza Grande canonical 8
Plaza Grande ensemble 1
urban ensemble of Plaza Grande 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
public square ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
adjacentToStreet Chile Street ⓘ
Espejo Street ⓘ
Calle García Moreno ⓘ
surface form: García Moreno Street

Venezuela Street ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Independence Square ⓘ
Plaza de la Independencia ⓘ
capitalCitySquareOf Quito ⓘ
centralFunction cultural center of Quito ⓘ
political center of Quito ⓘ
social gathering place ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
governingBody Municipality of Quito ⓘ
hasBuildingOnPerimeter Carondelet Palace ⓘ
Hotel Plaza Grande ⓘ
Cathedral of Quito ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Cathedral of Quito

Municipal Palace of Quito ⓘ
Palacio Arzobispal ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude -0.220 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude -78.513 ⓘ
hasFeature benches ⓘ
central garden ⓘ
fountain ⓘ
walkways ⓘ
hasMonument Monument to the Heroes of Independence ⓘ
hasNearbyGovernmentBuilding Carondelet Palace ⓘ
Municipal Palace of Quito ⓘ
hasNearbyReligiousBuilding Archbishop’s Palace chapel ⓘ
Cathedral of Quito ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Cathedral of Quito
hasUse political demonstrations ⓘ
public ceremonies ⓘ
religious processions ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1978 ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfDevelopment Spanish colonial era ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Quito ⓘ
Historic Center of Quito ⓘ
surface form: Quito Historic Center
locatedInTimeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
originalFunction main plaza of colonial Quito ⓘ
partOf Historic Center of Quito ⓘ
surface form: Quito World Heritage Site
touristRegion Andean Region of Ecuador ⓘ
surface form: Andean highlands of Ecuador
urbanRole center of Quito’s street grid ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plaza de la Independencia → alsoKnownAs → Plaza Grande ⓘ
Cathedral of Quito → locatedOn → Plaza Grande ⓘ
Palacio de Carondelet → partOf → Plaza Grande ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plaza Grande ensemble
Archbishop's Palace of Quito → facing → Plaza Grande ⓘ
Hotel Plaza Grande → overlooks → Plaza Grande ⓘ
Monument to the Heroes of Independence → locatedOn → Plaza Grande ⓘ
Monument to the Heroes of Independence → partOf → Plaza Grande ⓘ
this entity surface form: urban ensemble of Plaza Grande
Calle García Moreno → locatedNear → Plaza Grande ⓘ
Municipal Palace of Quito → locatedOn → Plaza Grande ⓘ
Calle Espejo → near → Plaza Grande ⓘ