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Cathedral of San Francisco

cathedral, Quito, Ecuador
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The Cathedral of San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador, was founded in 1535 by Jodoco Ricke de Marselaer. It showcases the influence of Sebastiano Serlio, an Italian Mannerist architect, through its facade adorned with banded columns. The entrance plaza features a circular double stair that mirrors a design by Donato Bramante for the Vatican. This cathedral is one of many significant religious buildings in Quito, a city known for its well-preserved colonial architecture and its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1978. The construction of such ecclesiastical buildings often spanned decades, reflecting European building methods and incorporating local craft traditions and materials.123

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  1. Quito
  2. Latin American architecture - Renaissance and Mannerist architecture in the New World
  3. Latin American architecture - Seventeenth- and 18th-century architecture in Ecuador , Colombia , and Cuba

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