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El Sagrario, Cuenca

Explore El Sagrario, Cuenca's first urban parish, with the Catedral Vieja, Parque Calderón, traditional markets and historic streets.

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A first parish and a historic core

The Municipality's urban-division ordinance places El Sagrario between Benigno Malo, Vega Muñoz, Tomás Ordóñez and the Tomebamba. The municipal heritage account describes the historic center as a concentration of colonial and republican buildings, archaeological places, artisan quarters and markets; the UNESCO World Heritage area also reaches into neighboring parishes. 1 2

Cathedral, markets and daily memory

The municipal Cathedral Vieja page identifies the Iglesia del Sagrario as the city's first parish church and records its adobe, bahareque, Inca stone, lime-and-stone and tile construction. A separate municipal account dates the Mercado 9 de Octubre building to the early 1930s and describes its 600-plus merchants and connection with Plaza Rotary, giving the parish both a devotional and everyday commercial story. 3 4 5 6

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