Education
He graduated from the Central University of Ecuador and specialized at the Sorbonne in Paríson
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Rodrigo Pallares
Edit ProfileCareer
He was Director of the Cultural Heritage Institute attached to Ecuador"s Ministry of Education. Pallares worked in the preservation, protection and dissemination of the cultural heritage of Ecuador and, especially, Quito. In 1979 he founded the National Institute of Cultural Heritage (INPC).
In 1983, after seven years of proceedings before the court of Turin, Pallares, in his capacity as Director of the INPC, obtained the return of 12,000 archaeological pieces taken illicitly from Ecuador, the largest recovery of heritage objects of Ecuadorian history.
In 1975 he proposed Quito to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for consideration as a World Heritage Site. In 1978 Quito and Krakow became the first United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage Sites.
In 2008 Rodrigo Pallares was awarded the "" by the Ecuadorian President for his work in Ecuadorian culture.
-
Born
-
Died
February 7, 2009 (aged 84) -
Nationality
Ecuador