During the Republican era, on December 6 it was not celebrated in Quito. The date was not important. In schools it is remembered as part of the civic calendar. Nobody danced and celebrated.
Only in 1960, people started to celebrate the Spanish foundation of the city. It was an idea of journalists led by César Larrea, the Mayor Jaime del Castillo and the support of the newspaper Ultimas Noticias. Since then the celebrations were organized.
On December 6, he was considered as the day of the founding of Quito in 1534.
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