Immediately after the border with Colombia comes the first highlight that you shouldn't miss. Admission is free.
In Wikipedia you can read:
The cemetery is located in northwest Tulcán and is run by the city. There are 12,400 burial sites in columbaria, burial mounds and mausoleums on the eight-hectare site, about half of which is garden space.
Due to the location of the cemetery at an altitude of almost 3000 m in the Andes, there is an unusual coolness for Ecuador all year round. The subsoil of the cemetery grounds consists of calcareous soils that favor the growth of plants such as cypresses. Today, the cemetery has over 300 complex topiary figures divided into two areas: the Altar de Dios (God's Altar), whose topiaries have historical motifs, and the Parque de los Recuerdos (Park of Memories), which depicts the flora and fauna of Ecuador themed. Tulcán Cemetery is recognized as one of the finest topiary gardens in the world.
In the cemetery are the mausoleums of Charles Roussell and Polidori Espinosi, who took part in a French geodetic expedition in 1900 to measure the equator in Ecuador.
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