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jesuit missions of the chiquitos


states: [bolivia]

category: cultural

year: 1990

location: Department of Santa Cruz

region: Latin America and the Caribbean

latitude/longitude: -16.0000000000, -60.5000000000

Jesuit Missions Of The Chiquitos

Between 1696 and 1760, six ensembles of reducciones (settlements of Christianized Indians) inspired by the ‘ideal cities’ of the 16th-century philosophers were founded by the Jesuits in a style that married Catholic architecture with local traditions. The six that remain – San Francisco Javier, Concepción, Santa Ana, San Miguel, San Rafael and San José – make up a living heritage on the former territory of the Chiquitos.

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