Catedral Nueva, Cuenca , Ecuador

    The colonial city of Cuenca is the third largest in Ecuador, popular for its year-round temperate climate. The New Cathedral of Cuenca, or “Catedral Nueva,” is the city’s most-recognizable landmark. Construction of the church began in the late 1800s and continued for nearly a century. With a façade crafted from alabaster and marble, the

Catedral Nueva is most notable for the its three immense domes, each covered in blue glazed tile imported from Czechoslovakia.