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In pre-Columbian Quito, the current lands of the Basilica and Convent of San Francisco were occupied by the royal palace of the Inca Huayna Cápac, [3] before the advance of the armies commanded by the Spanish from the south and the impossibility of defending the city the indigenous general Rumiñahui ordered its total destruction.
Convent of San Francisco may refer to: Basilica and Convent of San Francisco in Lima, Peru; Basilica and Convent of San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador; Convent of San Francisco in Mexico City, Mexico; Palace of the Convent of San Francisco in Granada, Spain
Basilica and Convent of San Francisco, Quito; S. San Carlos Convent This page was last edited on 7 December 2019, at 02:38 (UTC). ...
In Spanish, (El Centro Histórico de Quito) was constructed on what was once a 16th century Inca city at 2,850 meters above sea level in the Andes Mountains near the Equator. The Colonial Center of Quito is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that stretches over 790 acres and contains 130 monumental buildings, 5,000 smaller properties in addition to ...
Convento de San Francisco (Saint Francis Convent) (upper right of the photo) as seen from Itchimbía. Itchimbía is a hill in Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. [1] [2] It is surrounded to the east by Machángara River, a river that originates in the southern part of the city of Quito. Itchimbía is on the eastern/northeastern border of the ...
Plaza de San Francisco in Quito. The Plaza de San Francisco (“Saint Francis Square”) is a major public square in the Historic Center of Quito, Ecuador, upon which faces La Iglesia y Monasterio de San Francisco (the Church and Convent of St. Francis) from which it takes its name. [1]
Español: Vista superior de la nave principal de la iglesia de San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador. El templo católico, finalizado en el siglo XVII, es el mayor complejo arquitectónico de origen colonial en toda Latinoamérica. La iglesia destaca también por la amalgama de diferentes estilos arquitectónicos, dado a que su construcción se ...
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