Ekvador And Da\u011flar\u0131'n\u0131n g\u00fcney kesimlerinde y\u00fcksek bir platoda yer alan Cuenca, y\u00fczy\u0131llard\u0131r s\u00fcren, hatta binlerce y\u0131ll\u0131k insan \u00e7abas\u0131n\u0131n ya\u015fayan bir kroni\u011fi olarak ortaya \u00e7\u0131k\u0131yor. Resmi ad\u0131 olan Santa Ana de los R\u00edos de Cuenca, hem koruyucu azizeye hem de \u015fehrin vadilerini oyan d\u00f6rt nehre -Tomebamba, Yanuncay, Tarqui, Mach\u00e1ngara- selam g\u00f6nderiyor. 600.000'den fazla sakiniyle Cuenca, b\u00f6lgesel bir k\u00fclt\u00fcr ve \u00f6\u011frenme ba\u015fkenti olma rol\u00fcn\u00fc g\u00fcnl\u00fck ya\u015fam\u0131n sessiz ritimleriyle dengeliyor: sabah pazarlar\u0131, zanaatkarlar\u0131n aletlerinin t\u0131k\u0131rt\u0131s\u0131 ve katedral \u00e7anlar\u0131n\u0131n uzaktan gelen sesi.<\/p>\n
Arkeolojik kan\u0131tlar, k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck gruplar\u0131n nehirlerin \u00fczerindeki terasl\u0131 yama\u00e7larda m\u0131s\u0131r ve yumrulu bitkiler ekmeyi denedi\u011fi M\u00d6 8060'a kadar uzanan insan varl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 burada tespit ediyor. Baz\u0131lar\u0131 geometrik motiflerle s\u00fcslenmi\u015f kil par\u00e7alar\u0131, \u00e7anak \u00e7\u00f6mlek\u00e7ilikte erken bir geli\u015fmi\u015fli\u011fi g\u00f6steriyor. MS ilk y\u00fczy\u0131llarda, Ca\u00f1ari halk\u0131 daha karma\u015f\u0131k topluluklar halinde bir araya gelmi\u015fti. Guapondeleg yerle\u015fimleri - "cennet kadar geni\u015f topraklar" - nehrin yukar\u0131s\u0131nda yer al\u0131yordu ve verimli topraklardan ve \u0131l\u0131man iklimden faydalan\u0131yordu. Ca\u00f1ari halk\u0131, bug\u00fcn hala vadinin hatlar\u0131n\u0131 izleyen sulama kanallar\u0131 geli\u015ftirdi; bu, b\u00f6lgesel g\u00fc\u00e7lerin dikkatini \u00e7ekecek olan yarat\u0131c\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131n bir kan\u0131t\u0131yd\u0131.<\/p>\n
15. y\u00fczy\u0131l\u0131n ortalar\u0131nda \u0130nka ordular\u0131 kuzeye do\u011fru ilerledi. Guapondeleg'in tarlalar\u0131n\u0131 ve ta\u015f evlerini imparatorluklar\u0131na dahil etmeye haz\u0131r buldular. Tomebamba olarak yeniden adland\u0131r\u0131lan kasaba, Cusco'dan sonra ikinci en \u00f6nemli merkez haline geldi ve geni\u015f meydanlar ve idari mahallelerle s\u00fcslendi. Tarih\u00e7iler, kesme ta\u015ftan saraylar ve zengin giyimli soylulardan bahsediyorlar, ancak \u0130spanyol fatihler 1550'lerde geldiklerinde, Tomebamba yar\u0131 y\u0131k\u0131nt\u0131 halinde yat\u0131yordu. Depremler, i\u00e7 \u00e7eki\u015fmeler, muhtemelen veba veya don\u2014tarih\u00e7iler hala buradaki \u0130nka ihti\u015fam\u0131n\u0131 neyin yok etti\u011fini tart\u0131\u015f\u0131yorlar.<\/p>\n
12 Nisan 1557'de Gil Ram\u00edrez D\u00e1valos, \u0130nka temellerinin \u00fczerine yeni bir \u015fehir kurdu. Peru valisinin memleketi olan Cuenca ad\u0131n\u0131 \u00f6d\u00fcn\u00e7 ald\u0131 ve geni\u015f caddeler ve merkezi meydanlardan olu\u015fan kat\u0131 bir \u015febeke d\u00fczeni dayatt\u0131. Beyaz badanal\u0131 kiliseler ve g\u00f6rkemli evler, \u015fimdi Parque Calder\u00f3n olarak adland\u0131r\u0131lan ana meydan\u0131n etraf\u0131nda t\u00fcredi. Y\u00fczy\u0131llarca s\u00fcren bar\u0131\u015f ve \u00e7eki\u015fmelerin ortas\u0131nda, birka\u00e7 s\u00f6m\u00fcrge yap\u0131s\u0131 varl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 s\u00fcrd\u00fcrd\u00fc: m\u00fctevaz\u0131 ta\u015f cephesiyle Eski Katedral, \u015fimdi sessiz bir m\u00fcze olarak hizmet veriyor; piskoposun saray\u0131 hala Calle Larga boyunca n\u00f6bet tutuyor.<\/p>\n
Ufukta Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepci\u00f3n hakimdir\u2014yerel halk taraf\u0131ndan genellikle "Yeni Katedral" olarak an\u0131l\u0131r. \u0130kiz kuleleri ve masmavi kubbeleri 1885'te y\u00fckselmeye ba\u015flam\u0131\u015f ve finansman ve yerel tart\u0131\u015fmalar sayesinde 20. y\u00fczy\u0131l\u0131n sonlar\u0131na do\u011fru son r\u00f6tu\u015flar\u0131 yap\u0131lm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. Bina, kal\u0131n duvarlar\u0131n derinliklerine yerle\u015ftirilmi\u015f vitray pencerelerle Romanesk kemerleri Gotik sivri u\u00e7larla \u00f6r\u00fcyor. Alacakaranl\u0131kta, batan g\u00fcne\u015f kubbeleri alt\u0131n rengi \u0131\u015f\u0131kla boyarken, sil\u00fcet bir ziyaret\u00e7inin bak\u0131\u015flar\u0131n\u0131 \u00fczerinde tutar.<\/p>\n
A\u015fa\u011f\u0131da, tarihi merkez, Arnavut kald\u0131r\u0131ml\u0131 sessiz bir labirentte a\u00e7\u0131l\u0131yor. Sardunyalarla kapl\u0131 ferforje balkonlar, kafelerin soka\u011fa d\u00f6k\u00fcld\u00fc\u011f\u00fc dar sokaklara bak\u0131yor. Ma\u011faza vitrinlerinde has\u0131r \u015fapkalar sergileniyor\u2014\u00fcnl\u00fc bir \u015fekilde yanl\u0131\u015f adland\u0131r\u0131lan "Panama" \u015fapkalar\u0131\u2014toquilla saman\u0131n\u0131n s\u0131k\u0131 \u00f6rg\u00fcleri, e\u011frilmi\u015f alt\u0131n gibi parl\u0131yor.<\/p>\n
1999'da UNESCO, Cuenca'n\u0131n s\u00f6m\u00fcrge \u00e7ekirde\u011fini bir D\u00fcnya Miras\u0131 alan\u0131 olarak kabul etti. Al\u0131nt\u0131, kentsel dokusunun tutarl\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131, binalar\u0131n\u0131n b\u00fct\u00fcnl\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc ve g\u00fcnl\u00fck ya\u015fam\u0131n hala y\u00fczy\u0131llard\u0131r s\u00fcregelen gelenekle harmanlanma bi\u00e7imini \u00f6vd\u00fc. Ancak buras\u0131 bir tema park\u0131 de\u011fil; sabah\u0131n erken saatlerindeki trafik Parque Calder\u00f3n'dan ge\u00e7iyor, lamba yak\u0131c\u0131lar hala Avenida Espa\u00f1a boyunca gaz lambalar\u0131yla u\u011fra\u015f\u0131yor ve s\u00fcr\u00fcc\u00fcler, \u00e7evre yolunun hemen d\u0131\u015f\u0131nda otlayan atlar\u0131n yan\u0131ndaki yaya ge\u00e7itlerinde duruyor.<\/p>\n
Cuenca'n\u0131n kurumlar\u0131nda sanat ve haf\u0131za i\u00e7 i\u00e7e ge\u00e7mi\u015ftir. Museo Pumapungo, eski \u0130nka teraslar\u0131na yay\u0131lm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r ve yerli tekstil ve \u00e7anak \u00e7\u00f6mlek sergileri canl\u0131 botanik bah\u00e7elerinin yan\u0131nda d\u00fczenlenmi\u015ftir. Yak\u0131nlardaki bir b\u00f6l\u00fcm, ortaya \u00e7\u0131kar\u0131lmam\u0131\u015f duvarlar ve heykeller, \u015fehrin \u0130spanyol \u00f6ncesi ge\u00e7mi\u015fine tan\u0131kl\u0131k eder. Buna kar\u015f\u0131l\u0131k, Museo de Arte Moderno, \u00e7a\u011fda\u015f Ekvadorlu ve uluslararas\u0131 sanat\u00e7\u0131lar\u0131n eserlerini bir araya getirir; sade tuvaller ve kinetik heykeller, tesis b\u00fcnyesindeki kafede kahve e\u015fli\u011finde canl\u0131 tart\u0131\u015fmalara yol a\u00e7ar.<\/p>\n
\u015eehir takvimi y\u0131l boyunca etkinliklerle dolup ta\u015f\u0131yor. Kas\u0131m ay\u0131n\u0131n ba\u015flar\u0131nda, Feria de las Flores y las Frutas sokaklar\u0131 mis kokulu \u00e7i\u00e7eklerle ve elma, \u015feftali ve And yumrular\u0131yla dolduruyor. 3 Kas\u0131m'da, s\u00f6m\u00fcrge d\u00f6nemi kost\u00fcml\u00fc topluluklar Cuenca'n\u0131n ba\u011f\u0131ms\u0131zl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 kutlamak i\u00e7in \u015fehir merkezinde dola\u015f\u0131yor. Paskalya'da, Semana Santa, \u00e7\u0131plak ayakl\u0131 t\u00f6vbek\u00e2rlar\u0131n \u00f6r\u00fclm\u00fc\u015f ha\u00e7lar ta\u015f\u0131d\u0131\u011f\u0131 sessiz \u015fafak ge\u00e7it t\u00f6renleriyle a\u00e7\u0131l\u0131yor. Yerlilerin halka a\u00e7\u0131k meydanlarda \u00e7i\u00e7ek ve renkli pirin\u00e7 sunaklar\u0131 dikti\u011fi Corpus Christi geliyor. Her vesileyle Katolik rit\u00fceli yerli geleneklerle i\u00e7 i\u00e7e ge\u00e7iyor: yerel kam\u0131\u015flar\u0131n ve boyal\u0131 kabaklar\u0131n yan\u0131nda yanan mumlar.<\/p>\n
Cuenca'n\u0131n nehirleri hem manzaray\u0131 hem de rekreasyonu \u015fekillendirir. Nehir k\u0131y\u0131s\u0131ndaki gezinti yerleri g\u00fcn bat\u0131m\u0131 y\u00fcr\u00fcy\u00fc\u015flerine davet eder; s\u00f6\u011f\u00fct a\u011fa\u00e7lar\u0131 dallar\u0131n\u0131 akan suya do\u011fru uzat\u0131r. Al\u00e7ak teknelerdeki bal\u0131k\u00e7\u0131lar \u015fafak vakti a\u011flar\u0131n\u0131 atar ve \u00f6\u011fle vakti pazar masalar\u0131nda belirecek olan alabal\u0131klar\u0131 toplar.<\/p>\n
Kentsel s\u0131n\u0131r\u0131n \u00f6tesinde Cajas Milli Park\u0131 yer al\u0131r. 3.100 m'den 4.400 m'nin \u00fczerine t\u0131rmanarak, yakla\u015f\u0131k 200 buzul g\u00f6l\u00fcyle noktalanm\u0131\u015f batakl\u0131k p\u00e1ramo'da a\u00e7\u0131l\u0131r. Y\u00fcr\u00fcy\u00fc\u015f\u00e7\u00fcler, bazen yans\u0131mas\u0131n\u0131 incelemek i\u00e7in al\u00e7aktan u\u00e7an bir And kondorunun uzak \u00e7\u0131\u011fl\u0131\u011f\u0131yla irkilerek, \u00e7imenli patikalar\u0131 takip eder. \u0130nce ve canl\u0131 hava, ya\u011fmur ve turba tad\u0131ndad\u0131r.<\/p>\n
Cuenca, eski ta\u015flar\u0131na ra\u011fmen gelece\u011fe bak\u0131yor. \u015e\u0131k bir tramvay art\u0131k \u015fehir merkezinden ge\u00e7iyor, elektrikli arabalar\u0131 \u00fcniversite mahallelerini tarihi merkeze ba\u011fl\u0131yor. Modern teknolojiyle donat\u0131lm\u0131\u015f hastaneler, y\u00fczy\u0131ll\u0131k kliniklerin yan\u0131nda duruyor. Al\u0131\u015fveri\u015f merkezlerinin \u00fcst katlar\u0131nda uluslararas\u0131 markalar yer al\u0131rken, zemin kattaki tezgahlarda f\u00fcme peynir ve empanada sat\u0131l\u0131yor.<\/p>\n
Bu kolayl\u0131klar, \u0131l\u0131man s\u0131cakl\u0131klar (ortalama g\u00fcnler 18\u201320 \u00b0C), daha d\u00fc\u015f\u00fck ya\u015fam maliyetleri ve y\u00fcr\u00fcyerek ke\u015ffedilebilecek kadar kompakt bir \u015fehir taraf\u0131ndan cezbedilen Kuzey Amerika ve Avrupa'dan emekliler ve uzaktan \u00e7al\u0131\u015fanlar olan gurbet\u00e7ilere hitap ediyor. Flat whites sunan kafeler, g\u00fcvenilir Wi-Fi'li ortak \u00e7al\u0131\u015fma alanlar\u0131 ve \u0130ngilizce konu\u015fan hizmetler talebi kar\u015f\u0131lamak i\u00e7in t\u00fcredi.<\/p>\n
E\u011fitim merkezi olarak Cuenca, 1867'de kurulan Cuenca \u00dcniversitesi'ne ev sahipli\u011fi yapmaktad\u0131r. Neo-Klasik cephesi, \u00f6\u011frencilerin film g\u00f6sterimleri ve \u015fiir okumalar\u0131 i\u00e7in bir araya geldi\u011fi geni\u015f \u00e7imenliklere bakmaktad\u0131r. Veterinerlik bilimlerinden And dilbilimine kadar uzanan alanlarda onlarca k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck enstit\u00fc uzmanla\u015fm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r.<\/p>\n
Buradaki end\u00fcstri zanaatkar bir \u00e7izgiyi koruyor. \u00c7\u00f6mlek at\u00f6lyeleri, zanaatkarlar\u0131n fayansl\u0131 zeminleri kesen tekerleklerde kili \u015fekillendirdi\u011fi d\u0131\u015f b\u00f6lgelerde s\u0131ralan\u0131yor. Tekstil st\u00fcdyolar\u0131nda tezgahlar t\u0131k\u0131rd\u0131yor ve tabakhaneler dar sokaklarda yay\u0131lan deri kokusunu yay\u0131yor. K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck fabrikalar, hem gelene\u011fe hem de teknolojiye bakan k\u0131y\u0131 miras\u0131n\u0131 g\u00fc\u00e7lendirerek, karma\u015f\u0131k g\u00fcm\u00fc\u015f telkari ve deri \u00fcr\u00fcnleri d\u00fcnya \u00e7ap\u0131nda ihra\u00e7 ediyor.<\/p>\n
Panama \u015fapkalar\u0131 i\u00e7in tezgahta durmadan merkez pazarlarda yap\u0131lan hi\u00e7bir gezinti tamamlanm\u0131\u015f say\u0131lmaz. El dokumas\u0131 olan bu \u015fapkalar\u0131n esnek kenarlar\u0131, k\u0131r\u0131\u015fmadan el \u00e7antalar\u0131na katlanabilir. Yak\u0131nlarda, g\u00fcm\u00fc\u015f\u00e7\u00fcler s\u00f6m\u00fcrge motiflerini taklit eden k\u00fcpeler ve kolyeler \u00e7eki\u00e7liyorlar: minik kiliseler, k\u0131vr\u0131lm\u0131\u015f asmalar ve And hayvanlar\u0131.<\/p>\n
Ac\u0131kt\u0131klar\u0131nda, yerliler patates, queso fresco ve avokadodan olu\u015fan kremal\u0131 bir \u00e7orba olan locro de papas'a y\u00f6nelir. \u00d6zel masalarda, cuy (kobay) \u00e7\u0131t\u0131r \u00e7\u0131t\u0131r olana kadar k\u0131zart\u0131l\u0131r, eti sar\u0131msakl\u0131 bir kabu\u011fun alt\u0131nda yumu\u015far. Sabah kahvalt\u0131lar\u0131nda genellikle mote pillo bulunur: yumurta ve ki\u015fni\u015fle kar\u0131\u015ft\u0131r\u0131lm\u0131\u015f hominy, bir \u015fekilde g\u00fcne\u015f \u0131\u015f\u0131\u011f\u0131 ve odun duman\u0131 tad\u0131 veren m\u00fctevaz\u0131 bir yemek. T\u00fcccarlar\u0131n y\u0131\u011f\u0131lm\u0131\u015f ac\u0131 biberler, kinoa ve a\u011fa\u00e7ta olgunla\u015fm\u0131\u015f \u015feftalilerin \u00fczerine fiyat ba\u011f\u0131rd\u0131\u011f\u0131 Mercado 10 de Agosto'da t\u00fcm malzemeler taze g\u00f6r\u00fcn\u00fcr.<\/p>\n
Cuenca'n\u0131n cazibesi tek bir cazibede de\u011fil, \u00e7a\u011flar\u0131n etkile\u015fiminde yatar. \u015eafakta, \u0130nka ta\u015f duvarlar\u0131n\u0131n kal\u0131nt\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131n yan\u0131ndan \u00e7i\u011fli \u0131slak yapraklar\u0131 temizleyen bir sokak s\u00fcp\u00fcr\u00fcc\u00fcs\u00fcn\u00fcn yan\u0131ndan ge\u00e7ebilirsiniz. Alacakaranl\u0131kta, And Da\u011flar\u0131 kiremitli \u00e7at\u0131lar\u0131n \u00f6tesinde sessizce y\u00fckselirken, bir flamenko gitaristi Yeni Katedral yak\u0131nlar\u0131ndaki meydan\u0131 beklenmedik bir \u0130spanyol havas\u0131yla doldurabilir.<\/p>\n
Burada oyalanmak, tarihin \u00f6nemli oldu\u011funu hissetmektir\u2014oyulmu\u015f lentolarda kaz\u0131nm\u0131\u015f, katedral ilahilerinde yank\u0131lanm\u0131\u015f, yayla havas\u0131nda solunmu\u015f. Yine de hayat devam ediyor. \u00d6\u011frenciler antik kemerlerin alt\u0131nda telefonlar\u0131n\u0131 kayd\u0131r\u0131yor. Otob\u00fcsler s\u00f6m\u00fcrge kiliselerinin \u00f6n\u00fcnden v\u0131z\u0131ld\u0131yor. Sahipsiz k\u00f6pekler g\u00fcne\u015fli girintilerde \u015fekerleme yap\u0131yor. T\u00fcm bunlara ra\u011fmen Cuenca dengesini koruyor, ge\u00e7mi\u015fin ve bug\u00fcn\u00fcn yan yana oturdu\u011fu, her birinin di\u011ferini sessiz bir kararl\u0131l\u0131kla \u015fekillendirdi\u011fi bir \u015fehir.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Situated in the southern Ecuadorian Andes, the city of Cuenca exemplifies the region’s rich cultural legacy and natural beauty. Formally referred to as Santa Ana de los R\u00edos de Cuenca, this picturesque city of over 600,000 inhabitants harmoniously integrates its colonial heritage with contemporary dynamism, acquiring the moniker “Athens of Ecuador” due to its substantial contributions to the arts, sciences, and literature.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4188,"parent":7363,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7399","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7399\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelshelper.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}