基多古城(補)

Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an Inca city and stands at an altitude of 2,850 m. Despite the 1917 earthquake, the city has the best-preserved, least altered historic centre in Latin America. The monasteries of San Francisco and Santo Domingo, and the Church and Jesuit College of La Compañía, with their rich interiors, are pure examples of the 'Baroque school of Quito', which is a fusion of Spanish, Italian, Moorish, Flemish and indigenous art.

厄瓜多爾首都－基多，建造於16世紀時，坐落於標高2850公尺的安地斯山高原上，雖歷經了1917年的地震災害，卻仍是拉丁美洲保存最完好及改變甚少的歷史中心地。這座建於印加遺址上的古城市，擁有多達30多座的巴洛克風教堂及修道院，其融合了西班牙、義大利、摩爾、法蘭西斯及本地固有的藝術型式，發展出獨特的「基多巴洛克風格」。而當中的聖法蘭西斯、聖多明哥及拉孔帕尼亞的教堂、耶穌會學院等均是此風格之完美體現。