Quito

Timeline

1. 1534Quito · Andes MountainsBelalcázar established Spanish rule over the northern lands of the Inca Empire and planned the colonial city of Quito in a highland valley, replacing the earlier brief conquest outpost.
2. 1535–1537Quito · EcuadorWithin years of the city's founding, Quito established a municipal council, parishes, and monasteries, developing blocks around a central church plaza in a typical highland colonial city pattern.
3. 1540Quito · Audiencia of QuitoBy around 1540, Quito had consolidated as the administrative and missionary center governing the settlements of the Ecuadorian highlands, with colonial routes linking coast and interior transiting through it.