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Rodrigo Paz - mayor of Quito, minister, entrepreneur, sports executive; Pedro Pinto Rubianes - minister, vice president; Rafael Pólit - diplomat, governor; León Roldós Aguilera - former vice president of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement; Manuela Sáenz - involved in the independence movement, Simón Bolívar's lover and confidant
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This however does not confirm the existence of the semi-legendary kingdom of Quito and is only archeological evidence for an independent Quitu culture with no united political entity in the region. According to the Spanish Jesuit missionary and historian Juan de Velasco , in his book, Historia del Reino de Quito en la América meridional (1789 ...
Cañizares was the host of a popular literary salon in Quito from about 1797, which was a center of the city's intellectual life. On 9–10 August 1809, Manuela Cañizares hosted the famous meeting between the Ecuadorian rebels, which resulted in the formation of the first rebel government, Junta Autonoma de Quito, and declaration of independence in her salon.
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]
Julián Marías (1914–2005), philosopher; wrote the History of Philosophy Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869–1968), philologist, historian and erudite member of Generation of '98 Antonio de Nebrija (1441–1522), scholar, published the first grammar of the Spanish language ( Gramática Castellana , 1492), which was the first grammar produced of ...
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The Escuela de la Concordia (Spanish for the "School of Concord" or "Agreement"), also known as the Patriotic Society of the Friends of the Country of Quito (Spanish: Sociedad Patriótica de Amigos del País de Quito) was an influential society in Spanish South America during the 1790s.