Cochasquí
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Cochasquí is one of the most extensive and most important complexes of pre-Columbian and pre-Inca Empire ruins in northern Ecuador. The site lies some northeast of Quito in Pedro Moncayo Canton in Pichincha Province at above sea level.
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Cochasquí is one of the most extensive and most important complexes of pre-Columbian and pre-Inca Empire ruins in northern Ecuador. The site lies some northeast of Quito in Pedro Moncayo Canton in Pichincha Province at above sea level.
The archaeological park of Cochasqui covers and consists of 15 truncated pyramids and 21 burial mounds, locally called tolas. The site also has several small museums: an archaeological museum, two ethnographic museums, a botanical garden, and a museum with musical instruments and other items. The Mojanda volcano with a maximum elevation of looms over the site.
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