Church of San Ignacio

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Church of San Ignacio

church, Bogotá, Colombia

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Latin American architecture
Seventeenth- and 18th-century architecture in Ecuador, Colombia, and Cuba
In Bogotá the Church of San Ignacio (early to mid-1600s), by the Tuscan Jesuit Juan Bautista Coluccini, exemplifies the Jesuit temple type that served as a model throughout the Americas, incorporating a mix of Renaissance and Mannerist elements. The facade recalls Alberti’s San Andrea (c. 1470) and San…
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In Bogotá the Church of San Ignacio (early to mid-1600s), by the Tuscan Jesuit Juan Bautista Coluccini, exemplifies the Jesuit temple type that served as a model throughout the Americas, incorporating a mix of Renaissance and Mannerist elements. The facade recalls Alberti’s San Andrea (c. 1470) and San…
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