Cuenca, le\u017e\u00edc\u00ed na n\u00e1horn\u00ed plo\u0161in\u011b v ji\u017en\u00ed \u010d\u00e1sti ekv\u00e1dorsk\u00fdch And, se jev\u00ed jako \u017eivouc\u00ed kronika stalet\u00ed \u2013 ba dokonce tis\u00edcilet\u00ed \u2013 lidsk\u00e9ho \u00fasil\u00ed. Jej\u00ed ofici\u00e1ln\u00ed n\u00e1zev, Santa Ana de los R\u00edos de Cuenca, odkazuje jak na patrona m\u011bsta, tak na \u010dtve\u0159ici \u0159ek \u2013 Tomebamba, Yanuncay, Tarqui, Mach\u00e1ngara \u2013 kter\u00e9 vy\u0159ez\u00e1vaj\u00ed \u00fadol\u00ed m\u011bsta. S v\u00edce ne\u017e 600 000 obyvateli Cuenca vyva\u017euje svou roli region\u00e1ln\u00edho centra kultury a vzd\u011blanosti s klidn\u00fdm rytmem ka\u017edodenn\u00edho \u017eivota: rann\u00edmi trhy, cvak\u00e1n\u00edm \u0159emesln\u00fdch n\u00e1stroj\u016f a vzd\u00e1len\u00fdm zvon\u011bn\u00edm katedr\u00e1ln\u00edch zvon\u016f.<\/p>\n
Archeologick\u00e9 n\u00e1lezy ukazuj\u00ed lidskou p\u0159\u00edtomnost na tomto m\u00edst\u011b ji\u017e v roce 8060 p\u0159. n. l., kdy mal\u00e9 skupiny experimentovaly se set\u00edm kuku\u0159ice a hl\u00edz na terasovit\u00fdch svaz\u00edch nad \u0159ekami. Hlin\u011bn\u00e9 st\u0159epy, n\u011bkter\u00e9 zdoben\u00e9 geometrick\u00fdmi motivy, nazna\u010duj\u00ed ranou sofistikovanost keramiky. V prvn\u00edch stolet\u00edch n. l. se Ca\u00f1ariov\u00e9 sjednotili do slo\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00edch komunit. Jejich osada Guapondeleg \u2013 \u201ezem\u011b rozlehl\u00e9 jako nebe\u201c \u2013 se nach\u00e1zela proti proudu \u0159eky a vyu\u017e\u00edvala \u00farodn\u00e9 p\u016fdy a m\u00edrn\u00e9ho podneb\u00ed. Ca\u00f1ariov\u00e9 vyvinuli zavla\u017eovac\u00ed kan\u00e1ly, kter\u00e9 dodnes kop\u00edruj\u00ed obrysy \u00fadol\u00ed, co\u017e sv\u011bd\u010d\u00ed o jejich vynal\u00e9zavosti, kter\u00e1 p\u0159itahovala pozornost region\u00e1ln\u00edch mocnost\u00ed.<\/p>\n
V polovin\u011b 15. stolet\u00ed se inck\u00e9 arm\u00e1dy \u0159\u00edtily na sever. Shledaly, \u017ee Guapondelegova pole a kamenn\u00e9 domy jsou zral\u00e9 k za\u010dlen\u011bn\u00ed do jejich \u0159\u00ed\u0161e. M\u011bsto, p\u0159ejmenovan\u00e9 na Tomebamba, se stalo druh\u00fdm nejd\u016fle\u017eit\u011bj\u0161\u00edm centrem po Cuscu, zdoben\u00fdm \u0161irok\u00fdmi n\u00e1m\u011bst\u00edmi a administrativn\u00edmi budovami. Kronik\u00e1\u0159i nazna\u010duj\u00ed pal\u00e1ce z tesan\u00e9ho kamene a bohat\u011b od\u011bnou \u0161lechtu, ale v dob\u011b, kdy v 50. letech 16. stolet\u00ed dorazili \u0161pan\u011bl\u0161t\u00ed dobyvatel\u00e9, le\u017eela Tomebamba nap\u016fl zahalena v trosk\u00e1ch. Zem\u011bt\u0159esen\u00ed, vnit\u0159n\u00ed spory, mo\u017en\u00e1 mor nebo mr\u00e1z \u2013 historici se st\u00e1le dohaduj\u00ed o tom, co zdej\u0161\u00ed inckou n\u00e1dheru zni\u010dilo.<\/p>\n
12. dubna 1557 zalo\u017eil Gil Ram\u00edrez D\u00e1valos nov\u00e9 m\u011bsto na z\u00e1kladech Ink\u016f. Vyp\u016fj\u010dil si jm\u00e9no Cuenca \u2013 rodn\u00e9 m\u011bsto peru\u00e1nsk\u00e9ho m\u00edstokr\u00e1le \u2013 a zavedl striktn\u00ed m\u0159\u00ed\u017ekov\u00fd vzor \u0161irok\u00fdch ulic a centr\u00e1ln\u00edch n\u00e1m\u011bst\u00ed. Kolem hlavn\u00edho n\u00e1m\u011bst\u00ed, dnes zvan\u00e9ho Parque Calder\u00f3n, vyrostly ob\u00edlen\u00e9 kostely a honosn\u00e1 s\u00eddla. Uprost\u0159ed stalet\u00ed m\u00edru i sv\u00e1r\u016f se dochovalo n\u011bkolik koloni\u00e1ln\u00edch staveb: Star\u00e1 katedr\u00e1la se skromnou kamennou fas\u00e1dou nyn\u00ed slou\u017e\u00ed jako tich\u00e9 muzeum; biskupsk\u00fd pal\u00e1c st\u00e1le stoj\u00ed na str\u00e1\u017ei pod\u00e9l Calle Larga.<\/p>\n
Dominantou siluety je katedr\u00e1la Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepci\u00f3n \u2013 pro m\u00edstn\u00ed \u010dasto \u201eNov\u00e1 katedr\u00e1la\u201c. Jej\u00ed dv\u011b v\u011b\u017ee a azurov\u00e9 kopule za\u010daly r\u016fst v roce 1885 a d\u00edky finan\u010dn\u00edm probl\u00e9m\u016fm a m\u00edstn\u00edm debat\u00e1m se do\u010dkaly fin\u00e1ln\u00edch \u00faprav a\u017e do 20. stolet\u00ed. Budova prol\u00edn\u00e1 rom\u00e1nsk\u00e9 oblouky s gotick\u00fdmi v\u011b\u017eemi a vitr\u00e1\u017eemi zasazen\u00fdmi hluboko do siln\u00fdch zd\u00ed. Za soumraku, kdy\u017e zapadaj\u00edc\u00ed slunce barv\u00ed kopule dozlatova, silueta p\u0159itahuje pozornost n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edka.<\/p>\n
Dole se v tich\u00e9m labyrintu dla\u017eebn\u00edch kostek rozkl\u00e1d\u00e1 historick\u00e9 centrum. Kovan\u00e9 balkony porostl\u00e9 mu\u0161k\u00e1ty shl\u00ed\u017eej\u00ed na \u00fazk\u00e9 uli\u010dky, kudy se kav\u00e1rny val\u00ed do ulice. V\u00fdlohy obchod\u016f vystavuj\u00ed slam\u011bn\u00e9 klobouky \u2013 proslul\u00e9 myln\u00fdm n\u00e1zvem \u201epanamsk\u00e9 klobouky\u201c \u2013 t\u011bsn\u00e9 cop\u00e1nky z toquilla sl\u00e1my, kter\u00e9 se t\u0159pyt\u00ed jako p\u0159eden\u00e9 zlato.<\/p>\n
V roce 1999 UNESCO za\u0159adilo koloni\u00e1ln\u00ed j\u00e1dro Cuency na seznam sv\u011btov\u00e9ho d\u011bdictv\u00ed. V tomto prohl\u00e1\u0161en\u00ed se chv\u00e1l\u00ed soudr\u017enost m\u011bstsk\u00e9 struktury, integrita budov a zp\u016fsob, jak\u00fdm se ka\u017edodenn\u00ed \u017eivot st\u00e1le prol\u00edn\u00e1 se stalet\u00fdmi tradicemi. Nen\u00ed to ale z\u00e1bavn\u00ed park; brzy r\u00e1no se v parku Calder\u00f3n hem\u017e\u00ed doprava, lamp\u00e1\u0159i st\u00e1le pe\u010duj\u00ed o plynov\u00e9 lampy pod\u00e9l Avenida Espa\u00f1a a \u0159idi\u010di zastavuj\u00ed na p\u0159echodech pro chodce vedle kon\u00ed pasouc\u00edch se hned za okru\u017en\u00ed silnic\u00ed.<\/p>\n
V cuensk\u00fdch instituc\u00edch se prol\u00edn\u00e1 um\u011bn\u00ed a pam\u011b\u0165. Muzeum Museo Pumapungo se rozkl\u00e1d\u00e1 na b\u00fdval\u00fdch inck\u00fdch teras\u00e1ch a jeho expozice domorod\u00fdch textili\u00ed a keramiky jsou uspo\u0159\u00e1d\u00e1ny vedle \u017eiv\u00fdch botanick\u00fdch zahrad. Nedalek\u00e1 \u010d\u00e1st odkryt\u00fdch zd\u00ed a soch sv\u011bd\u010d\u00ed o p\u0159edhisp\u00e1nsk\u00e9 minulosti m\u011bsta. Naproti tomu Museo de Arte Moderno shroma\u017e\u010fuje d\u00edla sou\u010dasn\u00fdch ekv\u00e1dorsk\u00fdch a mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edch um\u011blc\u016f; drsn\u00e1 pl\u00e1tna a kinetick\u00e9 sochy vyvol\u00e1vaj\u00ed \u017eivou debatu u k\u00e1vy v kav\u00e1rn\u011b p\u0159\u00edmo v objektu.<\/p>\n
M\u011bstsk\u00fd kalend\u00e1\u0159 pulzuje ud\u00e1lostmi po cel\u00fd rok. Za\u010d\u00e1tkem listopadu se Feria de las Flores y las Frutas (Feria de las Flores y las Frutas) pln\u00ed ulice vo\u0148av\u00fdmi kv\u011bty a bednami s jablky, broskvemi a andsk\u00fdmi hl\u00edzami. Do 3. listopadu proch\u00e1zej\u00ed centrem m\u011bsta divadeln\u00ed skupiny v kost\u00fdmech z koloni\u00e1ln\u00ed \u00e9ry, aby p\u0159ipomn\u011bly nez\u00e1vislost Cuency. O Velikonoc\u00edch se Semana Santa (T\u00fdden Bo\u017e\u00ed) rozv\u00edv\u00e1 tich\u00fdmi rann\u00edmi pr\u016fvody, bos\u00ed kaj\u00edcn\u00edci nesou tkan\u00e9 k\u0159\u00ed\u017ee. N\u00e1sleduje Corpus Christi (T\u011blo Bo\u017e\u00ed), kdy m\u00edstn\u00ed obyvatel\u00e9 vzty\u010duj\u00ed na ve\u0159ejn\u00fdch n\u00e1m\u011bst\u00edch olt\u00e1\u0159e z kv\u011btin a barevn\u00e9 r\u00fd\u017ee. Ka\u017ed\u00e1 ud\u00e1lost propojuje katolick\u00e9 ritu\u00e1ly s domorod\u00fdmi zvyky \u2013 sv\u00ed\u010dky zap\u00e1len\u00e9 vedle m\u00edstn\u00edho r\u00e1kos\u00ed a malovan\u00e9 tykve.<\/p>\n
\u0158eky Cuency utv\u00e1\u0159ej\u00ed jak krajinu, tak i mo\u017enosti rekreace. Promen\u00e1dy pod\u00e9l \u0159eky l\u00e1kaj\u00ed k proch\u00e1zk\u00e1m p\u0159i z\u00e1padu slunce; vrby nam\u00e1\u010dej\u00ed v\u011btve do tekouc\u00ed vody. Ryb\u00e1\u0159i v n\u00edzk\u00fdch \u010dlunech za \u00fasvitu nahazuj\u00ed s\u00edt\u011b a lov\u00ed pstruhy, kte\u0159\u00ed se objev\u00ed na trz\u00edch v polovin\u011b dopoledne.<\/p>\n
Za hranic\u00ed m\u011bsta se nach\u00e1z\u00ed N\u00e1rodn\u00ed park Cajas. Stoup\u00e1 z nadmo\u0159sk\u00e9 v\u00fd\u0161ky 3 100 m na v\u00edce ne\u017e 4 400 m a rozkl\u00e1d\u00e1 se v ba\u017einat\u00e9m p\u00e1ramu, poset\u00e9m asi 200 ledovcov\u00fdmi jezery. Turist\u00e9 se proch\u00e1zej\u00ed po bl\u00e1tiv\u00fdch stezk\u00e1ch trsy tr\u00e1vy a n\u011bkdy je vylek\u00e1 vzd\u00e1len\u00fd \u0159ev kondora andsk\u00e9ho, kter\u00fd se sn\u00e1\u0161\u00ed n\u00edzko, aby si prohl\u00e9dl sv\u016fj odraz. Vzduch, \u0159\u00eddk\u00fd a sv\u011b\u017e\u00ed, chutn\u00e1 po de\u0161ti a ra\u0161elin\u011b.<\/p>\n
Navzdory sv\u00fdm v\u011bkem opot\u0159ebovan\u00fdm kamen\u016fm se Cuenca t\u011b\u0161\u00ed na budoucnost. Centrem m\u011bsta nyn\u00ed jezd\u00ed elegantn\u00ed tramvaj, jej\u00ed\u017e elektromobily spojuj\u00ed univerzitn\u00ed \u010dtvrti s historick\u00fdm j\u00e1drem. Nemocnice vybaven\u00e9 modern\u00ed technologi\u00ed stoj\u00ed vedle stalet\u00fdch klinik. V n\u00e1kupn\u00edch centrech se nach\u00e1zej\u00ed mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed zna\u010dky v horn\u00edch patrech, zat\u00edmco v p\u0159\u00edzem\u00ed se prod\u00e1vaj\u00ed st\u00e1nky s uzen\u00fdm s\u00fdrem a empan\u00e1dami.<\/p>\n
Tyto vymo\u017eenosti l\u00e1kaj\u00ed cizince \u2013 d\u016fchodce a pracovn\u00edky pracuj\u00edc\u00ed na d\u00e1lku ze Severn\u00ed Ameriky a Evropy \u2013 kter\u00e9 l\u00e1kaj\u00ed m\u00edrn\u00e9 teploty (pr\u016fm\u011brn\u00e1 denn\u00ed teplota je 18\u201320 \u00b0C), ni\u017e\u0161\u00ed \u017eivotn\u00ed n\u00e1klady a m\u011bsto dostate\u010dn\u011b kompaktn\u00ed na to, aby se dalo prozkoumat p\u011b\u0161ky. Aby uspokojily popt\u00e1vku, vyrostly kav\u00e1rny nab\u00edzej\u00edc\u00ed flat white, coworkingov\u00e9 prostory se spolehlivou Wi-Fi a anglicky mluv\u00edc\u00ed slu\u017eby.<\/p>\n
Jako vzd\u011bl\u00e1vac\u00ed centrum se Cuenca py\u0161n\u00ed Univerzitou v Cuence, zalo\u017eenou v roce 1867. Jej\u00ed neoklasicistn\u00ed fas\u00e1da shl\u00ed\u017e\u00ed na rozlehl\u00e9 tr\u00e1vn\u00edky, kde se studenti sch\u00e1zej\u00ed na prom\u00edt\u00e1n\u00ed film\u016f a \u010dten\u00ed poezie. Des\u00edtky men\u0161\u00edch institut\u016f se specializuj\u00ed na obory od veterin\u00e1rn\u00edch v\u011bd a\u017e po andskou lingvistiku.<\/p>\n
Pr\u016fmysl si zde zachov\u00e1v\u00e1 \u0159emesln\u00fd n\u00e1dech. V odlehl\u00fdch \u010dtvrt\u00edch se nach\u00e1zej\u00ed hrn\u010d\u00ed\u0159sk\u00e9 d\u00edlny, kde \u0159emesln\u00edci tvaruj\u00ed hl\u00ednu na kolech, kter\u00e1 se vy\u0159ez\u00e1vaj\u00ed do dla\u017edicov\u00fdch podlah. V textiln\u00edch ateli\u00e9rech cvakaj\u00ed tkalcovsk\u00e9 stavy a ko\u017eelu\u017eny uvol\u0148uj\u00ed v\u016fni k\u016f\u017ee, kter\u00e1 se line \u00fazk\u00fdmi uli\u010dkami. Mal\u00e9 tov\u00e1rny vyv\u00e1\u017eej\u00ed slo\u017eit\u00e9 st\u0159\u00edbrn\u00e9 filigr\u00e1nov\u00e9 v\u00fdrobky a ko\u017een\u00e9 zbo\u017e\u00ed do cel\u00e9ho sv\u011bta a posiluj\u00ed tak pob\u0159e\u017en\u00ed d\u011bdictv\u00ed, kter\u00e9 se op\u00edr\u00e1 o tradici i technologie.<\/p>\n
\u017d\u00e1dn\u00e1 proch\u00e1zka centr\u00e1ln\u00edmi trhy by nebyla \u00fapln\u00e1 bez zast\u00e1vky u st\u00e1nku s panamsk\u00fdmi klobouky. Jejich ru\u010dn\u011b tkan\u00e9 pru\u017en\u00e9 k\u0161iltovky se skl\u00e1daj\u00ed do p\u0159\u00edru\u010dn\u00edch zavazadel, ani\u017e by se ma\u010dkaly. Nedaleko st\u0159\u00edbrn\u00edci kuj\u00ed n\u00e1u\u0161nice a p\u0159\u00edv\u011bsky napodobuj\u00edc\u00ed koloni\u00e1ln\u00ed motivy \u2013 mal\u00e9 kostel\u00edky, vinut\u00e9 vinn\u00e9 r\u00e9vy a andsk\u00e1 zv\u00ed\u0159ata.<\/p>\n
Kdy\u017e m\u00edstn\u00ed dostanou hlad, uchyluj\u00ed se k locro de papas, kr\u00e9mov\u00e9 pol\u00e9vce z brambor, queso fresco a avok\u00e1da. U speci\u00e1ln\u00edch stol\u016f se cuy (mor\u010de) pe\u010de do k\u0159upava a jeho maso je k\u0159ehk\u00e9 pod slupkou s \u010desnekov\u00fdmi ostny. Rann\u00ed sn\u00eddan\u011b \u010dasto zahrnuje mote pillo: kuku\u0159i\u010dnou ka\u0161i sm\u00edchanou s vejci a koriandrem, skromn\u00fd pokrm, kter\u00fd n\u011bjak\u00fdm zp\u016fsobem chutn\u00e1 po slunci a d\u0159ev\u011bn\u00e9m kou\u0159i. V\u0161echny ingredience se na trhu Mercado 10 de Agosto zdaj\u00ed b\u00fdt \u010derstv\u00e9, obchodn\u00edci vyk\u0159ikuj\u00ed ceny nad vrchovat\u00fdmi chilli papri\u010dkami, quinoou a broskvemi zral\u00fdmi na stromech.<\/p>\n
Kouzlo Cuency nespo\u010d\u00edv\u00e1 v jedn\u00e9 atrakci, ale v souh\u0159e epoch. Za \u00fasvitu m\u016f\u017eete potkat meta\u0159e ulic, jak hrabe rosou vlhk\u00e9 list\u00ed kolem poz\u016fstatk\u016f inck\u00fdch kamenn\u00fdch zd\u00ed. Za soumraku m\u016f\u017ee flamenco kytarista naplnit n\u00e1m\u011bst\u00ed pobl\u00ed\u017e Nov\u00e9 katedr\u00e1ly ne\u010dekan\u00fdm \u0161pan\u011blsk\u00fdm n\u00e1dechem, i kdy\u017e se Andy ti\u0161e ty\u010d\u00ed za ta\u0161kov\u00fdmi st\u0159echami.<\/p>\n
Z\u016fstat zde znamen\u00e1 c\u00edtit, \u017ee historie je d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e1 \u2013 vyryt\u00e1 do vy\u0159ez\u00e1van\u00fdch p\u0159eklad\u016f, ozv\u011bna katedr\u00e1ln\u00edch hymn\u016f, vdechnut\u00e1 horsk\u00fdm vzduchem. P\u0159esto \u017eivot jde d\u00e1l. Studenti prohl\u00ed\u017eej\u00ed telefony pod starobyl\u00fdmi oblouky. Autobusy hu\u010d\u00ed kolem koloni\u00e1ln\u00edch kostel\u016f. Toulav\u00ed psi d\u0159\u00edmaj\u00ed ve sluncem zalit\u00fdch v\u00fdklenc\u00edch. P\u0159esto si Cuenca udr\u017euje rovnov\u00e1hu, m\u011bsto, kde minulost a p\u0159\u00edtomnost sed\u00ed vedle sebe a s tich\u00fdm odhodl\u00e1n\u00edm se vz\u00e1jemn\u011b utv\u00e1\u0159ej\u00ed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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