New Cathedral of Cuenca

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, usually referred to as the New Cathedral of Cuenca is the cathedral church in Cuenca, Ecuador. It is located in the front of Parque Calderon. The plan of the Cathedral became drawn up by way of Juan Bautista Stiehle 1829 to 1899 a German-born friar who arrived in Cuenca from Alsace in 1873 on hints made with the aid of Bishop Leon Garrido. The Cathedral took over the characteristic of the close by Old Cathedral that had grown to be too small. This Church is an antecedent for the later production of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Cuenca.

The Colonel Gil Ramírez Davalos founded the city of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca on April 12, 1557 beneath the orders of Viceroy Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza. In the year 1565 the final place of this church is determined, in which nowadays it's miles the Historical Center of the town. The development of this venture turned into promoted with the monetary guide of the Viceroy. The substances used in its construction are easy and effortlessly handy, which include: stones and sand bordering the town, wooden, brick and the warm temperature of the primary ovens of the Spanish Crown.