Looking up
Ceiling details
Ornate carvings
Exterior carvings
Entrance
Ai apaec
Ai apaec
Ancient adobe carvings
More ancient adobe carvings
Through the Arch
Hadrian's Arch
Two milleneum of wear
Ornate rockpile
Carved in stone (Explored)
The effects of erosion
Details of the Frieze
Reverting to nature
Victorian Stairs
Victorian newel post (Explored)
Unity (Explored)
Fragile
Figureheads from the past (Explored)
Shield
Ancient carving
Triad
King Khufu (Cheops) (Explored)
Wood and mirrors
Elegant balcony
Cathedral columns
Exterior carvings
Early facade
And Neptune watches over
Ornate capitals
Royal arches
Marvelous marble
Stone face
Celing decor
Circles and rectangles
Corinthian column (Explored)
Ornate Fireplace
Knock knock
Medieval tympanum
Guardian lion
Medieval balcony
16th Century and still going strong
Royal capital
Door topper
And the angels sing
Details of the Duomo
Saintly statue
Rose window (Explored)
Galileo's tomb
Ornate carving
No space left undecorated (Explored)
Rossini's tomb
Eternal beauty
No roof, but a fine floor
Relics of the past
Doorway topper 1
Doorway topper 2
Sarcophagus carving
A head for eternity
Santa Maria del Popolo
That which remains
Tibetan decorations
Temple Arch
Temple strut 1
Ornate windows 2
Temple strut 2
Ornate windows 1
Through the arches
The protector
Rhinos of antiquity
Nothing plumb
Curious
Quite a figure for 1000 years old
Romance in the shadows
Passion
Interior of the temple
Sitting pretty
Bringing electricity
Window design
Grrrrrrr.
Shiva Parvati Temple
Locked in
Window carving 2
Window carving 1
LIning up for water
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"The Church and Monastery of St. Francis (Spanish: Iglesia y Monasterio de San Francisco), commonly known as el San Francisco, is a 16th-century Roman Catholic complex in Quito, Ecuador. It fronts onto its namesake Plaza de San Francisco. The imposing structure has the distinction of being the largest architectural ensemble among the historical structures of colonial Latin America. . . . The style evolved over almost 150 years of construction (1534-1680) through earthquakes and changes in artistic fashion. . . . Mudejar and Baroque elements bathe the nave, chapels, and high altar in an exotic golden splendour. In its nave and aisles, the Church of San Francisco reveals its Mudejar (Moorish) coffered ceilings, lavishly decorated altarpieces, and columns fashoned in different styles. In the choir — original from the end of the 16th century — Mudejar details are fully preserved, although the central nave was brought down by an earthquake and then replaced by a Baroque coffered ceiling in 1770."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_and_Convent_of_St._Francis
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