Photos By Date| Quito, Old and New | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Plaza de la Independencia — Plaza of Independence viewed from the Presidential Palace. |
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Cathedral El Sagrario — Chapel over the middle of the church, with the sunlights brightening up the colorful murals. |
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Cathedral El Sagrario — Main altar and all that Spanish gold. |
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Iglesia de la Compañia — The main altar and gold-lined roof of Quito's oldest church. The church fell in an earthquake, and was burned twice (once, in fact, during restoration). Yet slowly but surely, the city is continuing its restoration work. When it was first built, the Spanish used something on the order of 50 kg of gold. (Or maybe more, we forget; we just remember it was a LOT.) |
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Iglesia de la Compañia — Another view of the roof and the decorative entryway (probably never used anymore). One of the most unusual characteristics about this church is the obvious Moorish influence in the patterns carved and painted on the roof and along the tops of the columns. Also, check out the spiral staircases to either side of the entryway: one is real, the other painted on the wall, just to keep aesthetic symmetry. |
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Erin in Plaza de San Francisco — When standing around doing nothing in Quito, it is essential to keep your hands in your pockets. We know that now. |
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Flea Market near Plaza de San Francisco — A tourist gawks down the narrow alleyway beside the cathedral and monastery of San Francisco, that is packed full of street vendors every day of the week. |
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Plaza de San Francisco — Main plaza outside the Cathedral of San Francisco, looking up at the Virgin on Cerro Panecillo. |
