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The Sagrario Church (Shrine Church) - also known as the Old Cathedral of Cuenca is a temple whose construction began in the mid-16th century, and was considered the main Spanish place of worship during the time of Spanish colonization in Cuenca . Today it functions as the Museum of Religious Art, known for its wide variety of altars and the ...
It was founded decades after other major Spanish settlements in the region, such as Quito (1534), Guayaquil (1538), and Loja (1548). Cuenca's population and importance grew steadily during the colonial era. Cuenca reached the peak of its importance in the first years of Ecuador's independence; Cuenca achieved its independence on November 3, 1820.
Street Santa Ana. This church is an antecedent for the later construction of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Cuenca. The Colonel Gil Ramírez Dávalos founded the city of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca on April 12, 1557, under the orders of Viceroy Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza.
This is a list of Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Cuenca (Spain), Spain. [1] [2] [3] Façade of the Cathedral of Saint Mary and Saint Julian (Cuenca Cathedral). View of the Moya castle The Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol and La Casa Consistorial. La Casa Consistorial [4] Castillo de Moya; Castle of Alarcón; Cuenca Cathedral
Rugby union is found to some extent in Ecuador, with teams in Guayaquil, Quito and Cuenca. Ecuador has won three medals in the Olympic Games. 20 km racewalker Jefferson Pérez took gold in the 1996 games, and silver 12 years later. Pérez also set a world best in the 2003 World Championships of 1:17:21 for the 20 km distance. [50]
Province of Cuenca, a province in Spain Cuenca, Spain, capital of the province above Cuenca Railway Station; Cuenca (Spanish Congress electoral district) Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuenca; Cuenca de Campos, Valladolid; Cuenca de Pamplona, Navarre; Cuencas Mineras, Aragon; Cuenca Minera (Huelva), Andalusia
Castilla–La Mancha (UK: / k æ ˌ s t iː j ə l æ ˈ m æ n tʃ ə /, [6] US: /-l ɑː ˈ m ɑː n tʃ ə /; [7] Spanish: [kasˈtiʎa la ˈmantʃa] ⓘ) is an autonomous community of Spain.Comprising the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo, it was created in 1982.
Cuenca is a province in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, Spain, that is divided into 238 municipalities. As of the 2023 [update] Spanish census, the province is the 44th largest by population , with 198,436 inhabitants, [ 1 ] and the 5th largest by land area, spanning 17,138.65 km 2 (6,617.27 sq mi). [ 2 ]