page_title: Quito
section_title: Church of La Compañía de Jesús
hierarchical_section_title: Quito / Church of La Compañía de Jesús
caption_attribution_description: Español: La Compañía de Jesús, también conocida como La Compañía es una iglesia católica de estilo barroco situada en el centro histórico de la ciudad de Quito, en Ecuador. Es una de las obras más significativas de estilo barroco en la arquitectura Sudamericana. Además fue la sede de la orden jesuita en este país y también albergó en el pasado un colegio. Después de la expulsión jesuita del Ecuador, muchos textos que narraban la historia y ejecución de esta obra arquitectónica se extraviaron.1 La construcción de la iglesia con el patrocinio de la Compañía de Jesús inició en el año de 1605 bajo las órdenes del sacerdote Nicolás Durán Mastrilli, y concluyó en 1765. Como resultado la edificación de esta obra arquitectónica duró 160 años.2 En 1634, el jesuita Gil de Madrigal realizó el crucero pero las obras cobraron impulso con la llegada del hermano Marcos Guerra en 1636, quien era arquitecto y escultor.
context_page_description: Quito is the capital city of Ecuador. As of 2019, about 1,978,376 people lived there. Quito is the second largest city in Ecuador after Guayaquil. The Historic Center of Quito, Ecuador is one of the largest, least-changed and best-preserved historic centers in the Americas. Quito was designated a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. It is the first city to be honored in such a way.
  The Historic Centre of Quito is located in the center south of the capital on an area of 320 hectares, and is thought of as one of the most important historic areas in Latin America. There are about 130 monumental buildings and 5,000 properties registered in the municipal inventory of heritage properties.
context_section_description: Construction began in 1605, with Mastrilli laying the first stone. The building was not completed until 1765.  La Compañía is among the best-known churches in Quito because of its large central nave, which is decorated with gold leaf, gilded plaster and wood carvings. Inspired by two Roman Jesuit churches — the Chiesa del Gesù and the Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola — La Compañía is one of the most significant works of Spanish Baroque architecture in South America.
caption: Gold leaf interior of the Church of the Society of Jesus
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