a parish in Quito. By 1981, construction had already begun on the Middle of the World City, where a 30-meter-high monument was placed and a line was drawn to simulate the equator line. This resort ...

But the Quitsato Sundial, 50 kilometres north of Quito, was a surprise ... Dutch geographer in 1928. A bigger monument was then built around it, turning the Equator Monument into a notable landmark.