Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos World Heritage Site

Official name

Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos | UNESCO

Country

Bolivia | Map

Continent

South America

Location

Department of Santa Cruz
-16.0000° Lat, -60.5000° Lon | Map

Code

529

Time Zone

America/La_Paz (-04, -0400)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1990. 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.