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On the southwestern side of the Plaza de la Independencia (Plaza Grande) is the Iglesia de la Cathedral. It is ...
A relatively new addition to the Quito skyline, and now one of its most striking landmarks, is the Basilica del ...
Just a couple of blocks down Guayaquil from the Plaza de la Independencia, the San Agustín Monastery and Museum is ...
Carved entirely out of volcanic stone, the ornate Baroque façade of this Jesuit church is probably the most exquisitely executed ...
Opposite the cathedral in the Plaza Grande, the former Palacio Arzobispal (Archbishop’s Palace) now houses a row of shops, ranging ...
With its plain white exterior, handsome bell tower (the highest in Colonial Quito) and tiled domes, the church of La ...
Tucked away in the bustling backstreets of Quito's Old Town, among the cevicherias and traditional tiendas, sits the understated Iglesia ...
Three blocks from Plaza Grande, the shimmering-white Iglesia de Santa Bárbara stands out among the surrounding drab-grey buildings. Though attractive ...
The bored-looking stone chap also in the northern corner of the Plaza de San Francisco is Franciscan missionary Joedco Ricke, ...
The building on the northwestern side of the plaza above the row of arched, hole-in-the-wall shops, is the Palacio del ...
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