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San Roque. San Roque is an electoral parish (parroquia electorale urban) or district of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador.The parish was established as a result of the October 2004 political elections when the city was divided into 19 urban electoral parishes.
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 ...
The Cabildo of the recently created city of San Francisco de Quito, by virtue of the physical ordering of the city, initially assigned to the Franciscans an area of land that was equivalent to two blocks, each 220 feet in length. However, in 1538, after successive adjudications by the same Cabildo, an area of more than three hectares was reached.
Palacio Arzobispal de Quito - Anónimo - 19th century - (siglo XIX) Plaza de la Independencia. Although the first colonial town square was what today is known as Plazoleta Benalcázar, this has always been considered as tentative as it got up a path suitable for novice Spanish town of Quito.
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]
The Feria Real de San Roque, known as the Royal Fair of San Roque in English, is San Roque's main street fair, held on the second Tuesday of each August. It is located in the El Ejido fairground. It is located in the El Ejido fairground.
The City Museum (Museo de la Ciudad) is a museum in the colonial center of Quito, Ecuador. It is located on Garcia Moreno Street, between Morales and Rocafuerte. [1] The City Museum was formerly San Juan de Dios Hospital. The museum was founded in 1998 and occupies the buildings of what once was the San Juan de Dios Hospital. [2]
Scaffolding on the south side of the antiguo Beaterio building, where the Instituto Nacional Mejía was located in the early 20th century.. The Instituto Nacional Mejía was originally located at the north side of the Metropolitan Cultural Centre [5] and was later moved to an old building informally known as the "antiguo Beaterio", [8] [5] Spanish for "old nunnery", (which had formerly served ...