If the traveller could unfold itself and at the same time to watch towards the north from the hill of the Roll where it is the statue of the Virgin of Quito and towards the south from the Basilica of Voto Nacional, in the ends of the Historical Center, he would see with clarity the footpath that has been today uniting both elevations since for 1,500 years. This footpath is the “Street of the Seven Crossings”, at the moment well-known like Garci'a Moreno, a route identified by the Incas to communicate to the Roll with the hill of San Juan or Yavirac, hills that could have been centers of adoration and observation of the God Sun and the Goddess Moon, besides to serve like military forts.

Route
To the arrival of the Spanish conquerors, the Street of the Seven Crossings became one of the most important arteries of the city. Nevertheless, something was necessary to do, so that the settlers of the new city forgot the old “idolatrous” sense this so main route. The answer came in cross form, and seven of them were located throughout the way so that to each step the travellers remembered that now the city was consecrated “true” the God. The crossings that transformed to this footpath Inca into the Quito avenue more Christian follow in their original, demanera site that the traveller can reconstruct in his imagination as the Indian Quitu became the Real Hearing of Quito. Throughout this route, the traveller will be able to touch to the stones Incas who today maintain to the Palace of Government; he will see the first church of Quito, the majestic Metropolitan Cathedral; he will find the screen (small inner inner door within the church) more beautiful of the city in the temple the Shrine; he will enjoy a significant sample of the daily life of Quito in the Great Seat; and he will see the baroque temple of the Company, one of the wonders that took place throughout the world in the baroque period. The Historical Center of Quito viveun height that is reflected in the state of conservation of its monuments, the dynamism of the space, and the visible presence of private investment. Thus, near the Great Seat, you will be able to find some international restaurants with sophisticated menus. Among them Rincon de cntuña of Hotel patio Andaluz can be mentioned. It does not let give to his senses and enjoys the surroundings of colonial Quito enuno of these modern premises. For the dessert and a good coffee, takes a break in the cafeteria the Owl, to the interior of the Metropolitan Cultural Center, also part of this route. The seven crossings of the street Garci'a Moreno are seven symbols of the cristiandad, seven histories of faith, seven episodes of a city that in few decades underwent enormous transformations: of a site of indigenous commerce with a great geographic influence, to a project of capital Inca, to be soon a colonial administrative center, the Real Hearing of Quito, and finally the capital of the republic of Ecuador.