The Virgin of El Panecillo (in Spanish: Virgen del Panecillo), also known as the Virgin of Quito from the sculpture of the same name, is a monument in Quito, Ecuador. It is located on the top of the hill of El Panecillo, a loaf-shaped hill in the heart of the city and serves as a backdrop to the historic center of Quito.

2019年2月6日 · The Virgen de El Panecillo stands on a hill in the center of Quito, visible from almost everywhere in the city. Not only is it the tallest aluminum statue in the world, it’s...

The Virgin of Quito (Spanish, La Virgen de Quito) — also known as the Virgin of the Apocalypse, Winged Virgin of Quito, Dancing Madonna, and Legarda's Virgin — is a wooden sculpture by the Quiteño artist Bernardo de Legarda (ca. 1700-1773) which has become the most representative example of the Quito School of art, developed in the ...

El Panecillo está coronado actualmente por una escultura gigante de aluminio de la «Virgen de Quito», creada en 1975 por el español Agustín de la Herrán Matorras, el cual se basó en la Virgen de Legarda o Apocalíptica; obra del siglo XVIII de Bernardo de Legarda, uno de los más importantes representantes de la Escuela quiteña, la cual ...

2024年12月18日 · Arguably the best viewpoint within the city of Quito, Ecuador is at El Virgen del Panecillo. Here you will find a statue of a winged Virgin Mary standing on top of a globe with a serpent wrapped around her feet.

2019年2月15日 · La Virgen de Quito is a small wooden sculpture of the Virgin Mary, located above the main altar in the Church of San Francisco in Quito.

Topped by a 41m-tall aluminum mosaic statue of La Virgen de Quito (Virgin of Quito; completed in 1976), with a crown of stars, angelic wings and a chained dragon, the hill to the south of the Old Town called El Panecillo (the Little Loaf of Bread) is a major Quito landmark.

2022年4月6日 · The monument was inspired by the famous “Virgen de Quito” also known as “the dancer” sculpted by Bernardo de Legarda in 1734, which is now displayed in the main altar at the Church of St. Francis. The virgin stands on top of a globe and is stepping on a snake, which is a classic madonna iconography, other than the angel wings. La Virgen ...

Bernardo de Legarda sculpted in 1734 an innovative image of the Virgin Mary, known as the "Winged Virgin", representing the Immaculate Conception. This work, which fuses European and indigenous elements, became an icon of colonial art in Quito.

The Virgin of the Panecillo rises on top of the 200-meter-high El Panecillo hill at the center of Quito, Ecuador. The statue is a far larger replica of Bernardo de Legarda’s 12-inch-tall wooden sculpture known as the Virgin of Quito, the Virgin of the Apocalypse, the Winged Virgin of Quito, or the Dancing Virgin.