Church of San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador - San Francisco.- This is Quito's largest Church and S. America's first religious retreat built by the Spaniards in 1553. Here you'll find a wide variety of art treasures for example, the Virgen of Quito by Legarda showing the Virgin Mary with silver wings. The paintings in the aisles are from Miguel de Santiago. He is most famous for the paintings of Saint Francis found in the Monastery of San Francisco. The ceiling has also been painstakingly carved and also possesses a magnificent high gold altar while many good wood carvings are also seen in the choir area. Viewed from outside the two towers were destroyed in the 1868 by an earthquake and have been rebuilt additions to the original architecture.

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Church of San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador - San Francisco.- This is Quito's largest Church and S. America's first religious retreat built by the Spaniards in 1553. Here you'll find a wide variety of art treasures for example, the Virgen of Quito by Legarda showing the Virgin Mary with silver wings. The paintings in the aisles are from Miguel de Santiago. He is most famous for the paintings of Saint Francis found in the Monastery of San Francisco. The ceiling has also been painstakingly carved and also possesses a magnificent high gold altar while many good wood carvings are also seen in the choir area. Viewed from outside the two towers were destroyed in the 1868 by an earthquake and have been rebuilt additions to the original architecture.