Summaryedit

This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 8 May 2016. It was captioned as follows: English: Exterior view of the church and Monastery of St. Francis, Quito, Ecuador. The Roman Catholic temple, completed in the 16th century, is the largest architectural ensemble among the historical structures of colonial Latin America. Construction took 150 years, and the church exhibits a mixture of different architecture styles. Other languages:  Čeština: Exteriér kláštera a katolický kostel Sv. Františka, Quito, Ekvádor. Klášterní komplex je největším architektonickým celkem v koloniální Latinské Americe. Byl dokončen v 16. století a protože jeho budování trvalo 150 let, lze zde nalézt celou směs různých architektonických slohů. Deutsch: Außenansicht der Kirche und des Klosters des Heiligen Franziskus in Quito (Ecuador). Der römisch-katholische Sakralbau, der im 16. Jahrhundert fertiggestellt wurde, ist das größte Gebäudeensemble aus der Kolonialzeit Lateinamerikas. Die Kirche ist auch für ihren Stilmix bekannt, da sich die Erbauung über 150 Jahre hinzog. English: Exterior view of the church and Monastery of St. Francis, Quito, Ecuador. The Roman Catholic temple, completed in the 16th century, is the largest architectural ensemble among the historical structures of colonial Latin America. Construction took 150 years, and the church exhibits a mixture of different architecture styles. Español: Vista exterior de la iglesia de San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador. El templo católico, finalizado en el siglo XVI, es el mayor complejo arquitectónico de origen colonial en toda Latinoamérica. La iglesia destaca también por la amalgama de diferentes estilos arquitectónicos, dado a que su construcción se prolongó durante 150 años. Esperanto: Fasado de la kirko kaj monaĥejo Sankta Francisko en Kito, Ekvadoro. La katolika preĝejo, konstruita dum 150 jaroj kaj finita en la 16-a jarcento, estas la plej vasta arkitekta ensemblo inter la historiaj strukturoj de la kolonia Latinameriko. Italiano: Facciata della chiesa e convento di San Francesco a Quito in Ecuador. Il tempio completato nel XVI secolo dopo 1500 anni di lavori è il più grande complesso architettonico dell'America Latina coloniale. Magyar: A quitói Szent Ferenc-templom és kolostor (Ecuador) Português: Vista exterior da igreja de São Francisco, em Quito, Equador. O templo católico foi concluído no século XVI e é o maior conjunto arquitetônico de origem colonial entre as estruturas históricas da América Latina. A igreja também se destaca pela fusão de diferentes estilos arquitetônicos, uma vez que a sua construção durou 150 anos. Македонски: Поглед на црквата и манастирот „Св. Франциск“ во Кито, Еквадор. Українська: Cобор святого Франциска в Кіто, Еквадор. Це католицький собор, будівництво якого зайняло 150 років і було закінчене в 16 сторіччі. Це найбільший архітектурний ансамбль серед історичних будівель в Латинській Америці. В архітектурі собору змішані різні стилі. 한국어: 에콰도르 키토에 위치한 성 프란시스 교회와 수도원의 외부 모습. 16세기에 완성된 로마 카톨릭교회의 회당은 식민 라틴 아메리카의 역사적 건물 중 가장 큰 건축학의 총체이다. 공사에는 150년이 걸렸고, 서로 다른 건축 양식이 섞여 있다. 中文: 厄瓜多基多圣法兰西斯教堂和修道院的外观。这栋罗马天主教教堂16世纪完工，是拉丁美洲殖民时期最大的历史建筑，由于历时150年建造，同时也融合不同的建筑风格。 中文（繁體）‎: 厄瓜多基多聖法蘭西斯教堂和修道院的外觀。這棟羅馬天主教教堂16世紀完工，是拉丁美洲殖民時期最大的歷史建築，由於歷時150年建造，同時也融合不同的建築風格。

Licensingedit

Another one of my pictures: Want to see more works of mine? click here

I, Diego Delso, have published this media under the terms of the license CC BY-SA 4.0 which allows you to: Freely use and distribute it for non-commercial or for commercial purposes Create derivative works of it Under this condition: Credit me as author and use the same license. To do so add "Diego Delso, Wikimedia Commons, License CC-BY-SA 4.0" good legible next to the image. Please, use this work legally fulfilling the terms of the license! Please, let me know if you use this work outside Wikimedia Commons sending me an email to Poco a poco or to pocoapocowiki(at)gmail.com with reference to the URL in case of a website or to the ISBN/author/title in case of a printed work or ebook. I am always very glad if you consider to send me a copy of the publication or a promocode of the eBook as gratitude for using my works. Note: This file has been released under a license which is incompatible with Facebook's licensing terms. It is not allowed to upload this file to Facebook. Furthermore, if you want to use this work under other conditions, want me to rework this file out of the original RAW file, or get the RAW file, or search for a similar picture, please, don't hesitate to contact me.

	This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
	Attribution: Diego Delso
	You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). share alike – If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue

Quality image This image has been assessed using the Quality image guidelines and is considered a Quality image.

Photo's description:

Vista exterior de la iglesia de San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador. El templo católico, finalizado en el siglo XVI, es el mayor complejo arquitectónico de origen colonial en toda Latinoamérica. La iglesia destaca también por la amalgama de diferentes estilos arquitectónicos, dado a que su construcción se prolongó durante 150 años. Exterior view of the church and Monastery of St. Francis, Quito, Ecuador. The Roman Catholic temple, completed in the 16th century, is the largest architectural ensemble among the historical structures of colonial Latin America. Construction took 150 years, and the church exhibits a mixture of different architecture styles. Українська: Cобор святого Франциска в Кіто, Еквадор. Це католицький собор, будівництво якого зайняло 150 років і було закінчене в 16 сторіччі. Це найбільший архітектурний ансамбль серед історичних будівель в Латинській Америці. В архітектурі собору змішані різні стилі. Deutsch: Außenansicht der Kirche und des Klosters des Heiligen Franziskus in Quito (Ecuador). Der römisch-katholische Sakralbau, der im 16. Jahrhundert fertiggestellt wurde, ist das größte Gebäudeensemble aus der Kolonialzeit Lateinamerikas. Die Kirche ist auch für ihren Stilmix bekannt, da sich die Erbauung über 150 Jahre hinzog. Esperanto: Fasado de la kirko kaj monaĥejo Sankta Francisko en Kito, Ekvadoro. La katolika preĝejo, konstruita dum 150 jaroj kaj finita en la 16-a jarcento, estas la plej vasta arkitekta ensemblo inter la historiaj strukturoj de la kolonia Latinameriko. Português: Vista exterior da igreja de São Francisco, em Quito, Equador. O templo católico foi concluído no século XVI e é o maior conjunto arquitetônico de origem colonial entre as estruturas históricas da América Latina. A igreja também se destaca pela fusão de diferentes estilos arquitetônicos, uma vez que a sua construção durou 150 anos.