Sources

Sources used in this guide

The numbers beside the text link to these sources. Last reviewed: 9 September 2026.

• 1. El Mercado 10 de Agosto celebra 72 años de historia, tradición y gastronomía

  GAD Municipal de Cuenca · Published: 4 August 2026

  What the market is, what it sells and the 2026 anniversary announcement.

• 2. En agosto culminan trabajos de rehabilitación en el Parque Calderón

  GAD Municipal de Cuenca · Published: 31 July 2026

  Progress report on the rehabilitation works, with a target finish date.

• 3. Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca

  UNESCO World Heritage Centre ·

  The historic centre, its grid of streets and its 1999 World Heritage listing. The listed site and its buffer zone have separate boundaries.

• 4. División Política Territorial del Cantón Cuenca

  GAD Municipal de Cuenca ·

  The municipal list of parish names and types: 15 urban, 21 rural.

• 5. Sobre Baños: historia y símbolos

  GAD Parroquial de Baños ·

  The parish's own account of its thermal waters, farming and religious life.

• 6. Turismo

  GAD Parroquial de San Joaquín ·

  Background on basket weaving and the Yanuncay valley.

• 7. Descubre Nulti: La parroquia del pan

  Fundación Municipal Turismo para Cuenca / VisitCuenca · Published: 22 August 2023

  Families baking bread in wood-fired ovens, and the use of panela.

• 8. Mote pillo

  Layla Pujol / Recetas de Laylita · Published: 23 March 2008 · Updated: 19 January 2020

  One named cook's recipe and the region she associates it with. Ingredients vary from cook to cook.

• 9. El Mercado: atención y reservas

  El Mercado ·

  The restaurant's own page and its Calle Larga address. Not to be confused with the municipal markets.

• 10. Próximos eventos

  Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Núcleo del Azuay ·

  The official programme, where you can check dates and venues for individual events.

• 12. La retreta de la Guardia Ciudadana vuelve al corazón de Cuenca luego de ocho años

  GAD Municipal de Cuenca · Published: 2 September 2026

  Report of a band performance in the park.

Further reading

More to read about Cuenca.

• 11. Decision 23 COM VIII.C.1

  UNESCO World Heritage Committee · Published: 1999

  Further reading: the original inscription decision and its cultural criteria.

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