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City Cemetery
Incorporated into the city landscape, this cemetery contains hundreds of above-ground tombs stacked atop one another (resembling a pint-sized apartment complex more than a final resting place). A walkway leads to several monuments and huge mausoleums, including the eerily impressive grave of President Vicente Pocafuerte.
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Malecón El Salado & Rodolfo Baquerizo Moreno Plaza
Like its more famous sister development on the Río Guayas to the east, the Malecón El Salado is an attempt to reclaim the city's waterfront for the everyday use of its residents. There are several eateries and cafés in a streamlined modern mall-like building along the estuary and a walkway above.
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Palacio Municipal
Across the street from the clock tower is the Palacio Municipal, an ornate, gray building that is separated from the simple and solid Palacio de Gobierno by a small but pleasant pedestrian mall. Both buildings date from the 1920s. The Palacio de Gobierno replaced the original wooden structure, which was destroyed in the great fire of 1917.
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