"LAS IGLESIAS DE QUITO" Travelingg's photos around QUITO, Ecuador

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to QUITO, Ecuador by TravelPod blogger Travelingg titled "LAS IGLESIAS DE QUITO" Travelingg's travel blog entry: "Under gray, cloudy skies, took a self-guided tour today of Quito's colonial churches. One of the city's oldest, Monastery of San Francisco, was erected in 1534; but it tool 70 years to finish. The main chapel is under going extensive renovation both inside and out. Yet, the adjoining museum houses many of the church's exquisite colonial art. It was a wide selection of beautiful paintings, sculptures, and furniture My personal favorite were the somberly painted wooden sculptures of bloody Jesuses. La Compania de Jesus was started in 1605, but this structure took some 163 years to complete! The interior of this church is truly stupendous. Supposedly 7 tons of gold were used to gild the walls, ceilings, and altars. Considered the most beautiful church in Ecuador, the interior is absolutely awe-inspiring....(Darren, keep your eyes peeled for the postcard of this church). The Monastery of Santa Catalina is a fully functioning convent and monastery, but I never got a chance to enter since the individual running the ticket counter was probably somewhere on a union break. Meanwhile, across the hall was a little store where the public could purchase products--lotions, shampoos, elixirs, and more--manufactured by the 20 or so nuns living at the church. However, all business transactions are handled through a little ...

 

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