Eloy Alfaro Military School Museum, Quito furnishes information about the history of the country. The various parts of the museum are Templete of Heroes, Anthropological and Natural Museum and the Geodesic Park.

If you want to gather information about the military history of Ecuador, then a visit to the Eloy Alfaro Military School Museum, Quito is a must. Eloy Alfaro Military School Museum, Quito is the only place where you would find wonderful collection of ammunitions as well as the history of the armed forces of the country.

In the Eloy Alfaro Military School Museum in Quito, you would find three sections. These are the Templete of Heroes, the Anthropological and Natural Museum and the Geodesic Park. There are seven rooms and the most important area is the Templete of the Heroes.

The Templete of Heroes of the Eloy Alfaro Military School Museum in Quito is the site that was built in the year 1919 within the complex. At that point of time the Ministry of Defense used to work from here and continued to do so till 1938. The present day Templete of Heroes was devised in the year 1943 by General Marcos Gandara, the professor of Military History and the main architect was Jones Odriozola. The construction ended in the year 1945 and it was opened in the following year for public viewing.

In the Templete of Heroes, you would find a vast collection of suits and the weapons that were used during the Wars of Independence as well as the pictures of famous military leaders of the country. You would also find the bones of various anonymous heroes who fell during the combats like the Batalla of the Pichincha and the war with Peru in 1941. You would also find some personal collections of General Eloy Alfaro at the Templete of the Heroes. These include his medals, decorations, kepis, ponchos and a fragment of his skull. This is the main point from which you should start your visit to this famous Military Museum of Quito.

In the part, Anthropological and Natural Museum of the Eloy Alfaro Military School you can see various archaeological findings along with the natural wealth of the four regions including various guns, uniforms and insignias. You would come to know a great deal about the flora and the fauna of Ecuador. Various archaeological pieces from the pre-Columbian era are also reserved in this section.

Your tour of the Eloy Alfaro Military School Museum, Quito should end with a visit to the Geodesic Park. It is an excellent and unique site from where you can find the astrological principles of the natives of Ecuador. Here you would find various calendars based on various astronomical findings developed by the local inhabitants.