Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos

Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 1990 som kulturarv i Bolivia (Plurinational State of). Platsen hör till regionen Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Världsarvet har varit en del av den gemensamma UNESCO-listan sedan 1990.

UNESCOBetween 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.