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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.
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]
Quito (Spanish pronunciation: ⓘ; Quechua: Kitu), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha.
Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ was founded in 1988 [1] by Santiago Gangotena González through a non-profit institution he also founded, Corporación de Promoción Universitaria, its umbrella foundation. It was the first totally private self-financed university in Ecuador. It was named after the city of Quito.
English: Superior view of the interior of the main nave of the church and Monastery of St. Francis, Quito, Ecuador.The Roman Catholic temple, finalized in the 17th century, is the largest architetural ensemble among the historical structures of colonial Latin America.
Español: Vista exterior de la iglesia de San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador. El templo católico, finalizado en el siglo XVI, 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 prolongó durante 150 años.