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Quito Unesco heritage Capilla de los Milagros, San Marcos, Santo Domingo, Capilla del Rosario - Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Capilla de los MilagrosIt was built inside Quito's colonial downtown in 1680, and restored in 1990. Its architecture is simple and colourful. Its walls contain important art pieces such as the charming and mysterious image of Señor de los Milagros, which represents the terrible scene of gibe that received Jesus at Pilatos home. There is also an image of El Señor de los Milagros made in stone.
San Marcos
This is a small temple from the 16th century. The place where it was constructed inside Quito's colonial downtown belonged at that time to artisans. It is at the centre of the square from the same name. Through the years, this place became a residential district with one floored houses and yards. The people who used to live here where priests, silversmiths, blacksmiths, Spanish people and a few indigenes.
It has a rectangular room and an arch which divides the Presbyterian place from the place designated to people. Its altar and its pulpit are from the 18th century. The principal images in the church are San Jose, the Virgen and the Magdalena.
Santo Domingo
These religious connected buildings were built inside Quito's colonial downtown in 1620 by Francisco Becerra, one of the most important architectures in the 16th century in Loma Grande. He also constructed the Cathedrals of Lima and El Cuzco.
The church has 3 decks, carved altarpieces covered with gold leaf, Doris columns, Mudejar artesonars. Its tower, the principal entrances are very important and beautiful. The principal art styles in its paintings of Santo Domingos life are the Mudejar and the plateresque. The monasteryâ??s choir has a set of chairs which is gold. The church also has important chapels at its sides. Their names are: Virgen del Rosario at the right side, and Virgen de la Escalera at the left.
Capilla del Rosario
It was constructed inside Quito's colonial downtown honour to the Virgen del Rosario, brought from Spain in 1548. Bernardo de Legarda and Leonardo Doubler participated in its construction, after the donation made by the town council of the Audiencia. The constructed the arch of Santo Domingo in order not to obstruct the street named La Mama Cuchara, today Rocafuerte.
Before this chapel construction, inside Quito's colonial downtown, the devotion for this Virgen was so strong that there were three altars for her in the church: the first one was of the black confraternity, the second one, of the Indian confraternity, and the last one, of the Spanish and Creole confraternity. This last one was very interested in the construction of the chapel, and was the most powerful social sector.
Capilla de la Virgen de la Escalera
It is at the right side of Santo Domingos church. It was constructed inside Quito's colonial downtown, as a continuation of the church between 1912 and 1914. Its constructor was the famous architect of the beginning of the 20th century, Pedro Bruning. La Virgen de la Escalera is a wall painting made in1600 by Fran Pedro Bedon.
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- Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 2:32 PM