IGLESIA DE LA COMPANIA, QUITO, ECUADOR
IGLESIA DE LA COMPANIA, QUITO, ECUADORThe Church of the Society of Jesus (Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús), known colloquially as la Compañía, is a Jesuit church in Quito, Ecuador.
La Compañía is among the best-known churches in Quito because of its large central nave, which is ornately and comprehensively decorated with gold leaf, gilded plaster and wood carvings. Inspired by two Roman Jesuit churches — the Chiesa del Gesù (1580) and the Chiesa di Sant’Ignazio di Loyola (1650) — la Compañía is one of the most significant works of Spanish Baroque architecture in South America.