QUITO - Ecuador
ARCO DE SANTO DOMINGO
Como en otras iglesias y construcciones civiles de la ciudad de Quito, los constructores del convento de Santo Domingo se encontraron desde un comienzo con un terreno abrupto y desigual, por lo que debieron inventar varias soluciones arquitectónicas para darle continuidad al templo principal y sobre todo a las capillas.
Así nació el célebre Arco de Santo Domingo, sobre el que se encuentra la Capilla de la Virgen del Rosario, y por cuya base discurre, sin interrupciones, la calle Rocafuerte que cuenta con tráfico rodado.
As with other churches and civil buildings in the city of Quito, the builders of the Santo Domingo convent were faced from the start with a rugged and uneven terrain, so they had to invent several architectural solutions to give continuity to the main temple and especially to the chapels.
Thus was born the famous Santo Domingo Arch, on which the Chapel of the Virgin of the Rosary is located, and along whose base runs, without interruptions, Rocafuerte Street, which has vehicular traffic.
QUITO - Ecuador
ARCO DE SANTO DOMINGO
Como en otras iglesias y construcciones civiles de la ciudad de Quito, los constructores del convento de Santo Domingo se encontraron desde un comienzo con un terreno abrupto y desigual, por lo que debieron inventar varias soluciones arquitectónicas para darle continuidad al templo principal y sobre todo a las capillas.
Así nació el célebre Arco de Santo Domingo, sobre el que se encuentra la Capilla de la Virgen del Rosario, y por cuya base discurre, sin interrupciones, la calle Rocafuerte que cuenta con tráfico rodado.
As with other churches and civil buildings in the city of Quito, the builders of the Santo Domingo convent were faced from the start with a rugged and uneven terrain, so they had to invent several architectural solutions to give continuity to the main temple and especially to the chapels.
Thus was born the famous Santo Domingo Arch, on which the Chapel of the Virgin of the Rosary is located, and along whose base runs, without interruptions, Rocafuerte Street, which has vehicular traffic.