{"id":6219,"date":"2024-06-20T15:54:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T20:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2024-06-20T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T20:54:52","slug":"haciendas-in-ecuador-casa-chaguarchimbana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/20\/haciendas-in-ecuador-casa-chaguarchimbana\/","title":{"rendered":"HACIENDAS IN ECUADOR &#8211; Casa Chaguarchimbana"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6219\" class=\"elementor elementor-6219\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ba2e85 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1ba2e85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26bf26f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26bf26f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1295159 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1295159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>By Jane Hiltbrand<br \/>Photos courtesy of Jane Hiltbrand<\/p><p>This country house takes its name from the area in which it is located, Chaguarchimbana, on Calle de las Herrerias. Chaguarchimbana means <em>chaguarquero<\/em>, or the shallowest place for crossing the river. No one knows exactly when the area gained this name, but it pre-dates the colonial period.<\/p><p>During the Inca period, the Royal Road passed by this place, connecting the two most important Incan cities, namely Tomebamba and Cuzco. In the colonial period, the area was populated by the city\u2019s wealthy families because of its scenic landscape, and also because it was an advantageous site for obtaining farming produce to meet daily needs.<\/p><p>Records indicate that in 1832 the property belonged to Juan Izquierdo del Prado, the city council\u2019s record keeper. Upon his death, the estate was divided into two parts, with the River Yanuncay serving as the common boundary.\u00a0 Jos\u00e9 Miguel Narciso Valdivieso purchased this part of the land in 1862, and in 1875 it was inherited by his son Antonio, who built the country house as a holiday home.<\/p><p>In 1908 Chaguarchimbana passed into the hands of his niece Florencia Astudillo Valdivieso. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd23e91 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bd23e91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83cee0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83cee0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240425_140222-01-497x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6234\" alt=\"HACIENDAS IN ECUADOR \u2013 Casa Chaguarchimbana - Issue 46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240425_140222-01-497x1024.jpeg 497w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240425_140222-01-146x300.jpeg 146w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240425_140222-01-768x1581.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240425_140222-01-746x1536.jpeg 746w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240425_140222-01-995x2048.jpeg 995w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240425_140222-01-scaled.jpeg 1243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30b2afd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30b2afd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Florencia Astudillo Valdivieso from Cuenca was an interesting and powerful woman.\u00a0 She was the largest landowner in Ecuador at the beginning of the 1900\u2019s.<\/p><p>Her parents had been very wealthy, and they had two daughters. When Florence\u2019s sister decided to become a nun, she transferred all of her inheritance rights to her sister, so Florence ended up being the sole owner of an enormous fortune.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef624f6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef624f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e4439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"44e4439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267810488-1024x510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6225\" alt=\"HACIENDAS IN ECUADOR - Casa Chaguarchimbana - Issue 46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267810488-1024x510.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267810488-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267810488-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267810488.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87f63ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87f63ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was said that Miss Florencia, who was the richest woman in Ecuador in those years, did not want to share her enormous fortune with anyone, and so she did not allow any interested beau to approach her.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c19a70e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c19a70e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267912707.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6226\" alt=\"HACIENDAS IN ECUADOR - Casa Chaguarchimbana\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267912707.jpg 793w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267912707-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267912707-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cff27a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cff27a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was restored in 1992, where it housed the Museum of the Earth and the Arts of Fire under the responsibility of the Pa\u00fal Rivet Foundation. Later it passed into the hands of the Municipality of Cuenca.\u00a0 The casa now houses El Museo de las Artes Del Fuego. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-428ecf4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"428ecf4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a537796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a537796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-637d2da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"637d2da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267816129-e1718911570429.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6236\" alt=\"HACIENDAS IN ECUADOR \u2013 Casa Chaguarchimbana - Issue 46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267816129-e1718911570429.jpg 564w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267816129-e1718911570429-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-820ec37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"820ec37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267880529-e1718911545696.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6235\" alt=\"HACIENDAS IN ECUADOR \u2013 Casa Chaguarchimbana - Issue 46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267880529-e1718911545696.jpg 548w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/FB_IMG_1714267880529-e1718911545696-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-040be9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"040be9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3809c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3809c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the time, Florence Astudillo became the owner. Casa Chaguarchimbana was one of the most elegant mansions in the region, in the middle of the city and the countryside, and considered a house full of luxuries and comforts, with wide corridors, gardens, and murals that adorned the front facade.\u00a0<\/p><p>This colonial-style house is arranged around a patio, two floors, a large entrance gate and an entrance corridor. It also shows characteristics of the region: wide corridors, bluish or lilac colors on the walls and a watch tower where one could observe Cuenca.<\/p><p>Currently some of the rooms are used as offices, some of the rooms are being used for art shows, and some of the rooms including the balconies, are often locked, and not on display for the public to enter. I was very fortunate to first visit the Casa in 2020, which is when I took many of these photos.<\/p><p>On the second-floor balcony there is a series of murals circa 1910 and inspired by European prints, a very frequent practice among painters of that time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70f3d5a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"70f3d5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb38bf8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cb38bf8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f84925b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f84925b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the opposite end of the Los Herrerias Plaza, facing Casa Chaguarchimbana, stands a dramatic statue of \u201cEl Vulcan.\u201d\u00a0 The statue commemorates all the ironworkers who used to work in this area. In fact, several ironworkers still do, although not anywhere near as many as in colonial times when they were a very necessary part of life.\u00a0 The statue was installed in the plaza in 1997.\u00a0 On special occasions, it is lit up from the inside, which makes it an even more dramatic Cuenca sight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc2bba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0dc2bba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba97505 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ba97505\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20230901_192807_099-01-1-643x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6233\" alt=\"HACIENDAS IN ECUADOR \u2013 Casa Chaguarchimbana - Issue 46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20230901_192807_099-01-1-643x1024.jpeg 643w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20230901_192807_099-01-1-188x300.jpeg 188w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20230901_192807_099-01-1-768x1223.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20230901_192807_099-01-1-965x1536.jpeg 965w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20230901_192807_099-01-1-1286x2048.jpeg 1286w, https:\/\/expatsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20230901_192807_099-01-1.jpeg 1384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b752af1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b752af1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b8fc23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b8fc23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sign up<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62afa21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62afa21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sign up now to get your <strong>FREE<\/strong> outline copy of <strong>Cuenca Expats Magazine<\/strong>.<br \/>Convenient, read wherever you go. 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