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una belleza magna y armonía sin igual del arte barroco.
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n 1605 the Jesuits of Quito began the work of his church.
By 1613 the city came to the lay brother Marcos Guerra ,
who was brilliant architect in the Kingdom of Naples, before
entering the Order.
Admirable set of columns and friezes , sculptures and moldings,
panels and symbolic outfits , so rich and yet so precise , topped
with semicircular tympanum and the Eucharistic sign on breakwater crest.
The corrected what had been done and the work gave the final
stroke.
Entering the temple is being dazzled with great pomp and synthesis of harmony, balance and Baroque baroque richness , all in
gold. No place altarpiece and shrines , the Dome of the cruise and
columns, galleries and choir, which is not covered with exquisite
decor.
Upon his death in 1668 , the church and adjoining buildings , with
its three cloisters were essentially completed . The facade begin
to carve out only in 1722 and end in 1765, on the eve of the expulsion of the Loyola of the domains of the king of Spain . The facade
of the temple is one of the wonders of the baroque and plateresco
Americans. Flanking the front door lavish six spiral columns , the
first integrated architectural movement in American art and the
side doors , Corinthian pilasters Roman style.
All resting on a stylobate panels with Renaissance decoration . On
the architrave runs a frieze of foliage and soles , and the frieze , the
cornice seem sustained on acanthus leaves.
The cornice which runs tight to the shoulders of the facade on the
front door becomes arched canopy luck niche housing the Immaculate , guarded by angels and cherubs.
In the altarpiece , designed by Legarda , has taken over as the main
reason for the composition of the facade twisted columns and
the cornices that stretch to the center in arch , and has become
complete the set , colorful and dazzling , for sustained crown by
angels. The niches , four, staying four polychrome carvings , corresponding to the four founders of large orders, San Francisco and
San Ignacio de Loyola with the unmistakable style of Legarda .
On both sides of the presbytery and sides of the adjoining presbytery cruise admirable stands, carved masterpieces . The columns
of the nave are adorned , on both sides , with one of the most
important series of the Quito colonial painting: the prophets , attributed to Goribar .
The second body , fine plateresca ornamentation consists of two
blocks, with beautiful columns , leaving the center crowned by the
huge window votive inscription to Loyola.
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