Morning Walk through Cuenca

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Santa Lucia hotel is a classic colonial home – converted

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Judicial building

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The church really lacks its steeple from this point of view!

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Church with steeple 2 blocks away. Service in full swing at 7 am Saturday – full house.

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Modern Christian art – hand carved here

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This near life size angel looms over the entrance. Carving details are refined. She is beautiful.

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Another church

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Market will be back and bustling here in three hours

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A view of St Anne perched over the crack in the new cathedral – started in 1880’s and finished about 10 yrs later

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The new cathedral model in wood with towers

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Kids, maybe 8-10 yrs old walking to church this morning. All traffic is quiet, streets perfectly clean. Cuenca was isolated until very recently. This is a little drop back in time.

 

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