La Basillica

Yesterday i got to hang out with Lucia Puga. For those of you who don´t know her, Lucy was my inspiration and the reason when I decided to study abroad that I chose Ecuador. Lucy and I actually don´t live that far away from eachother, and so lots of times we have been able to hang out.
Yesterday we decided to go to the Basilica. The Basilica is a HUGE Cathedral located in the center of the old part of Quito. It began construction on July 10, 1892, and still isn´t finished yet!



My first impression of the cathedral, was holy cow…there is no way to capture all this in a camera! And so we had to walk around all sides of the court yard in order to get every affect that we wanted!









The grounds of the Basilica are enormous, and all with these tiles laid out. The exact dimensions of the Basilica are as follows, 150 meters long, 35 meters wide, 35 meters high in the central and 15 meters in the chapels. It´s towers are 78.23 meters high, 73 meters in the dome, 16 meters by 45 meters on the base of its towers,. It has 7 access doors and is built in the shape of a cross.








Underground there is a catacomb with a place to put 2,000 cremated bodies. We got to go underground. Also in the center of the court yard there are steps that lead down to where the presidents get buried, and other important people.

Then we paid 2.00 to climb up the 15 stories to the bell and clock tower. There was a rickety old ladder that we climbed, and you know me and heights. I thought I would die but it was so worth it to look out over the city, and be face to face with the huge stained glass windows.
It was a FUN day, and so worth it, to be with lucy, and to see such a spectacular sight!!!
Love, Emmy