Redoma de los hemisferios

The park with the equator line and the obelisk, interestingly, there are also other places that claim to be "lying exactly on the equator". According to the WGS84 and GPS mapping, the line runs 240 m north ?!

The place is charming, where you can see the effect of the lines of force exerted on the objects, curious and novel, ideal to share with family and friends, the entrance costs $ 5 dollars for non-residents.

Ecuador is one of the countries that crosses the equator, it was chosen by international scientists as the basis for geodetic research in the seventeenth century and the line was defined with the name "Ecuador". This was one of the main reasons why the country is so named. This line is found in other parts of the world but Ecuador is where its fame is! Especially in the city of Quito where the monument called, of course, Middle of the World is located. You can go from the north to the south of the planet with just one step! The place is a great museum about geography and the peculiarities of the country. The condition of this exact geographical point on the globe, which is, as we all know, flattened by the poles, makes some points of the Equator the closest to the sun on the planet and at the same time, the furthest from the core of the earth. . If you come to visit this monument you will learn about the Archaeo-astronomical and Ethnographic investigations of the equinoctial zone, you will be directed to a small forest of figures where they teach you to balance an egg on a nail! and they give you a diploma certifying that you have managed to balance it! But the funniest thing is the explanation of the Coriolis force, which makes the water rotate in different directions. You can dispel that eternal doubt and clarify the myth that if the direction of the water's rotation changes depending on the hemisphere in which you are. You can pour some water down a drain on the equator and see how the water falls straight down, then if you take a step and pour some water down the drain in the northern hemisphere, you will see how the water falls in the direction clockwise and in the southern hemisphere the water will fall counterclockwise! … And for that you have to see it to believe it!