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Quito's historic center is among the largest and best-preserved in the Americas. [8] In 1978, Quito and Kraków were the first World Cultural Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO. [8] Quito is the capital city closest to the Equator, which runs through the northern part of the metropolitan area in the parish of San Antonio.
This map is the last colonial representation of the urban form of Quito. After 1809 several uprisings and military battles led Quito to its independence and years after it became the Capital of Ecuador. The colonial period had ended and the new Republic started. The costs of war, political instability and economic crisis caused a very slow ...
Palacio Arzobispal de Quito - Anónimo - 19th century - (siglo XIX) Plaza de la Independencia. Although the first colonial town square was what today is known as Plazoleta Benalcázar, this has always been considered as tentative as it got up a path suitable for novice Spanish town of Quito.
The colonial Quito, capital of the Real Audiencia of Quito, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site. New infectious diseases such as smallpox , endemic to the Europeans, caused high fatalities among the Amerindian population during the first decades of Spanish rule, as they had no immunity .
1533 - Quito "burnt by Ruminahui." [3] 1534 - "Spanish soldiers, led by Sebastián de Belalcázar, defeat the Inka in Quito. They name the town Villa de San Francisco de Quito." [2] [3] 1535 Art school founded. [2] Construction of Monastery of St. Francis begins (approximate date). [2] 1541 - Quito attains Spanish colonial city status. [4]
City of Quito: Pichincha: 1978 2; ii, iv (cultural) Quito was founded by the Spanish in 1534 on the ruins of an Inca settlement. The colonial-era city centre is the best preserved and least altered in Latin America. Architecturally, the buildings were constructed in a mixture of European and indigenous styles, adjusted to the harsh environment ...
The global condemnation of Ecuador's government for its decision to break into the Mexican Embassy snowballed Sunday with more presidents and other leaders expressing disapproval, shock and dismay.
The Quitu or Quillaco were Pre-Columbian indigenous peoples in Ecuador who founded Quito, which is the capital of present-day Ecuador. [1] This people ruled the territory from 2000 BCE and persisted through the period known as the Regional Integration Period. They were overtaken by the invasion of the Inca. The Spanish invaded and conquered the ...