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Quito
Quito is the capital city of Ecuador. As of 2005, about 1,865,541 people lived there. Quito
is the second largest city in Ecuador after Guayaquil. The Historic Center of Quito,
Ecuador is one of the largest, least-altered and best-preserved historic centers in the
Americas. Quito was designated a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. It is
the first city to be honored in such a way.
The Historic Centre of Quito is located in the center south of the capital on an area of 320
hectares (790 acres), and is considered one of the most important historic areas in Latin
America. There are about 130 monumental buildings (which hosts a variety of pictorial art
and sculpture, mostly of religious inspired in a multi-faceted range of schools and styles)
and 5,000 properties registered in the municipal inventory of heritage properties.

Presidential Palace

Carondelet Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Carondelet) is the seat of government of the

Republic of Ecuador, located in the historical center of Quito. Axis is the nerve of the public
space known as Independence Square or Plaza Grande (colonial name), around which
were built in addition the Archbishop's Palace, the Municipal Palace, the Hotel Plaza
Grande and the Metropolitan Cathedral. The history of this emblematic building dating
back to colonial times, around 1570, with the acquisition of the former royal houses located
in the city of Quito

During the Republican era, almost all the presidents (constitutional, internees and
dictators) have dispatched from this building, which is the seat of Government of the
Republic of Ecuador. In addition to the administrative units in the third level of the Palace is
the presidential residence, a luxurious colonial-style apartment in which they live the
President and his family. Rafael Correa, president since 2007, considering that Carondelet
Palace and its agencies are Ecuadoran heritages, convert the presidential compound into
a museum accessible to all who wish to visit it. To this end, areas were organized to locate
objects within their cultural contexts, to make them accessible to the world, which used
several rooms and spaces within the palace.

Church of La Compaa de Jess

Construction began in 1605, with Mastrilli laying the first stone. The building was not
completed until 1765. La Compaa is among the best-known churches in Quito because
of its large central nave, which is profusely decorated with gold leaf, gilded plaster and
wood carvings. Inspired by two Roman Jesuit churches the Chiesa del Ges and the
Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola La Compaa is one of the most significant works of
Spanish Baroque architecture in South America.
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Independence Square

Also known as Big Square (Spanish: Plaza de la Independencia, Plaza Grande). Historic
public square of Quito (Ecuador), located in the heart of the old city. This is the central
square of the city and one of the symbols of the executive power of the nation. Its main
feature is the monument to the independence heroes of August 10, 1809, date
remembered as the First Cry of Independence of the Royal Audience of Quito from
spanish monarchy. The environment of the square is flanked by the Carondelet Palace, the
Metropolitan Cathedral, the Archbishop's Palace, the Municipal Palace and the Plaza
Grande Hotel.

Church of San Fransisco

The Iglesia y Monasterio de San Francisco(English:Church and Monastery of St. Francis),

colloquially known as El San Francisco, is a colonial-styled church and monastery located
in Quito, Ecuador. Construction of the building began a few weeks after the founding of the
city in 1534 and ended in 1604. The founder of the church was Franciscan missionary
Jodoco Ricke.

The building's construction began around 1550, sixteen years after Quito was founded by
Spanish conquistadors, and was finished in approximately 1680. The building was officially
inaugurated in 1605. It is not known who designed the original plans for the complex,
though the most-accepted theory is that they were sent from Spain, based on the
topographical study of Ricke and Gosseal. It is also possible that architects came from
Spain for the construction of the monastery, or that Ricke and Gosseal managed the entire
construction.

Church of El Sagrario

In colonial times, the Church of El Sagrario was one of the largest architectural marvels of
Quito. The construction is of the Italian Renaissance style and was built in the late 17th
century. It has a screen that supports its sculptures and decorations. This structure was
built by Bernardo de Legarda. Its central arch leads to a dome decorated with frescoes of
biblical scenes featuring archangels, work by Francisco Albn. The altarpiece was gilded
by Legarda. It is located on Calle Garca Moreno, near the Cathedral.

El Panecillo

El Panecillo is a hill located in the middle west of the city at an altitude of about 3,016
metres (9,895 ft) above sea level. A monument to the Virgin Mary is located on top of El
Panecillo and is visible from most of the city of Quito. In 1976, the Spanish artist Agustn
de la Herrn Matorras was commissioned by the religious order of the Oblates to build a
41 metres (135 ft)tall aluminum monument of a madonna, which was assembled on a
high pedestal on the top of Panecillo.
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The Quito School

The Quito School originated in the school of Artes y Oficios, founded in 1552 by the
Franciscan priest Jodoco Ricke, who together with Friar Pedro Gocial transformed the San
Andrs seminary, where the first indigenous artists were trained. As a cultural expression,
it is the result of a long process of acculturation between indigenous peoples and
Europeans, and it is one of the richest expressions of miscegenation (mestizaje) and of
syncretism, in which the participation of the vanquished Indian is seemingly of minor
importance as compared to the dominant European contribution.

The Quito School (Escuela Quitea) is an artistic tradition that developed in the territory of
the Royal Audience of Quito, from Pasto and Popayn in the north to Piura and Cajamarca
in the south, during the colonial period (1542-1824). This artistic production was one of the
most important activities in the economy of the Royal Audience of Quito.

The major artists of the Quito School are the sculptors Bernardo de Legarda , Manuel
Chili (Caspicara) and Miguel Angel Tejada Zambrado and the painters Fray Pedro
Gosseal, Fray Pedro Bedn, Nicols Javier Gorbar, Hernando de la Cruz, Miguel de
Santiago, Manuel de Samaniego

Basilica del Voto Nacional

The Basilica of the National Vow is a Roman Catholic church in the historic center of Quito.
It is sometimes also called the Catedral Consagracin de Jess or the Baslica de San
Juan. It is the largest neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas.

The basilica arose from the idea, proposed by father Julio Matovelle in 1883, of building a
monument as a perpetual reminder of the consecration of Ecuador to the Sacred Heart,
President Luis Cordero issued the decree on July 23, 1883, and it was carried out by
president Jos Mara Plcido Caamao on March 5, 1884. The congress, in accordance
with the year's budget, designated 12,000 pesos for the construction - 1,000 pesos per
month, beginning in 1884. By the decree of July 3, 1885, the fourth Quitense Provincial
Council turned the construction of the basilica into a religious commitment in the name of
the country. The basilica remains technically "unfinished." & local legend says that when
the Baslica is completed, the end of the world will come.

Metropolitan Cathedral

Construction began in 1562, seventeen years after the diocese of Quito was created
(1545) and located in the heart of the historic city and its status as the main church of the
city, is one of the largest religious symbols of spiritual value for the Catholic community in
the city.