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)
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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.