Ends of the Earth can be visited, between the North Pole or the South Pole. Then where you have to go, if you want to the center of Earth? Apparently there is a place that is claimed to be the midpoint of the Earth in Ecuador: Quito
Quito the capital of Ecuador. In this city there are many attractions such as the pretty church, peering history by visiting the prison, or enjoy views of the city surrounded by stunning mountains.
There's another major reason a traveler coming here, which went to the center of Earth. Indeed, a lot of middle Earth that can be visited, such as Pontianak in West Borneo. However, in this region the marker made middle earth created by a group of French geodesic expedition led by Charles-Marie de La Comdamine.
Charles-Marie spent 10 years in Ecuador to ensure that the Earth is not perfectly round, but melonjong. Mandrel is what was in Ecuador thus be visited from the official website.
A traveler can go around the center of the earth and free or photographs in the vicinity. At the midpoint of the Earth so this attraction called Mitad del Mundo or the Middle World was established gardens.
There is a 30-meter high monument with a giant globe at the end. This is the middle marker monument Earth. Visitors who come to it can enter by paying USD 25 thousand and a free picture taken with the monument, or a signpost in the middle of the orange line which marks the middle of the Earth.
About 300 meters away, there is a private museum called the Museo Solar Inti Nan. Many consider this museum more attractive and offer something different. There is a reason why the museum was built there. It turns out that if using a GPS, the midpoint of the Earth there. Well, you know!
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