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The Quito Revolution (1809–1812) (Spanish: Proceso revolucionario de Quito (1809-1812)) was a series of events that took place between 1809 and 1812 in the Real Audiencia de Quito, which led to the establishment of a short-lived State of Quito, and which can be considered as the seed of the independence movements that ended up forming the current Republic of Ecuador.
Real Audiencia de Quito, Real Cédula de 1563. The Real Audiencia of Quito (sometimes referred to as la Presidencia de Quito or el Reino de Quito) was an administrative unit in the Spanish Empire which had political, military, and religious jurisdiction over territories that today include Ecuador, parts of northern Peru, parts of southern Colombia and parts of northern Brazil.
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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]
This map is the last colonial representation of the urban form of Quito. After 1809 several uprisings and military battles led Quito to its independence and years after it became the Capital of Ecuador. The colonial period had ended and the new Republic started. The costs of war, political instability and economic crisis caused a very slow ...
Rumicucho or Pucara de Rumicucho is an archaeological site of the Inca Empire in the parroquia of San Antonio de Pichincha, in Quito Canton, Pichincha Province. Ecuador . Rumicucho is a pucara (hilltop fortress) located 23 kilometres (14 mi) in a straight-line distance north of the city of Quito at an elevation of 2,401 metres (7,877 ft).
Rômulo Marques Macedo, shortly Rômulo (born April 3, 1980) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward.. His previous clubs include K-League sides Jeju United & Busan I'Park, Chinese Super League side Henan Construction, Primeiro de Agosto & Petro Atlético in Angola, Clube do Remo, Criciúma, Rio Branco, Flamengo and Vasco da Gama.
Armiger: City of Quito: Adopted: 1541: Crest: Golden helmet, with gules and azure feathers.: Shield: Castle of silver tucked between two hills, with a green cellar at the foot of each of them, and also on top of said castle an or cross with a green foot held by two black eagles, cracked with or, at the sides, put in flight, all in a red field, and by border a cord of St. Francis of or in blue ...