states: [bolivia]
category: cultural
year: 1990
location: Department of Santa Cruz
region: Latin America and the Caribbean
latitude/longitude: -16.0000000000, -60.5000000000
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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