This image of the Sacred Heart redoubles the beauty of a famous tourist site in Ecuador

This is Malecon 2000 in Guayaquil. From now on, this tourist attraction also has its first place of recollection and prayer.

If we talk about tourist attractions in Ecuador, Malecón Simón Bolívar -also known as Malecón 2000- is one of those indisputable and inescapable sites. Is that this site located in Guayaquil, province of Guayas, is recognized for being full of nature, history, tradition, but also beauty.

Malecón 2000 also stands out for being an urban project in Latin America. Even, as portals likeGuayaquil is my destinyIt was declared “healthy public space” by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

An image of the Sacred Heart, what was missing

Throughout more than two kilometers of extension it is possible to find gardens, artificial lagoons, water sources, viewpoints. Also recreation spaces ranging from playgrounds to restaurants and shopping centers. The same in terms of cultural offers such as cinema, museums and even historical monuments such as the Torre Morisca or La Rotonda.

However, Malecón 2000 was missing something: a space for prayer and recollection. Precisely, that detail was what highlighted the Archdiocese of Guayaquilwhen spreading the news of the inauguration and blessing in the gardens of Malecón 2000 of an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It happened on June 10 and within the framework of a month dedicated to this famous devotion worldwide.

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The person in charge of blessing the image was the Archbishop of Guayaquil, Luis Cabrera, who also praised the initiative of integrate nature with the presence of God in a place called to be a meeting point between people from various places in Ecuador and foreigners.

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“El Malecón 2000, concerned about the physical and spiritual well-being of its visitors, has wanted to contribute with a place that leads us to prayer and reflection within our facilities; May he seek us that peace and that gratitude; to meet ourselves and Jesus”, he also expressed Vincent Almeydamanager of the Malecón 2000 foundation, reproduces the Archdiocese of Guayaquil.

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Ecuador and the Sacred Heart

Ecuador is recognized as the first country to consecrate itself to the Sacred Heart in 1874 under the presidency of Gabriel García Moreno, history that you could know in Aleteia. That is why this devotion is part of one of the country’s spiritual riches.

Meanwhile, from the Archdiocese of Guayaquil it is also remembered that the image of the Sacred Heart in Malecón 2000 was sculpted by the artist Emilio Soro. In addition, visitors have had the opportunity to appreciate the exhibition of eucharistic miracles recognized by the Church and hand in hand (in terms of design) of Blessed Carlo Acutis.