Bryan Quinatoa is an 8th or 9th grade student at Colegio Nacional Experimental Amazonas. The document discusses the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, which was founded in 1557 and is now the third largest city in Ecuador. It is located in the Andes mountains and is an important economic and cultural center. Cuenca has maintained its traditional Ecuadorian character despite its growth as a business center, and it still contains many beautiful colonial buildings over 400 years old alongside more modern constructions.

1. COLEGIO NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL AMAZONAS
Date: Tuesday November 1TH 2011
Name: BRYAN QUINATOA
Class: 8° 9°
INDEPENDENCE CUENCA
When I it on November 3rd
It occupies the third domestic position as for population, and it is a strong domestic economic and
cultural center. It is located in the south, in an Andean valley. Their beautiful colonial buildings,
with more than 400 years, they intermingle with more modern constructions.
The city of Cuenca, in the Ecuadorian Andes, it is adorned with picturesque murals and old Spanish
proverbs that decorate the facades of the city. In spite of their growth and of being a business
center—what you/they transform it into the third domestic city—, Cuenca has maintained the
traditional character of Ecuador. Been founded in 1557, today it still conserves many of the
buildings of this period.