São Miguel das Missões

São Miguel das Missões is a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, with an area of ​​1229.844 km ² and 7514 inhabitants ( 2006).

Jesuit reductions

From 1607 to 1768, missionaries of the Jesuits in the triangle of southern Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina - as well as the area around Posadas known - together with the Guarani Indians many missions, the so-called Jesuit reductions. São Miguel is one of the seven missions ( Sete Povos ) of the Jesuits.

The ruins of the Jesuit Reduction of São Miguel das Missões were declared in 1983 a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. 1983-84 further four former reductions in Argentina under the collective term Jesuit Missions of the Guaraní to four sites (San Ignacio Miní, Misión Jesuítica de Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto, Santa María la Mayor ) have been extended. Also in Bolivia and Paraguay similar plants have been declared a World Heritage Site.

Posadas, Misiones Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park Diamantina, Minas Gerais Fernando de Noronha Olinda Ouro Preto Pantanal Salvador (Bahia) Serra da Capivara National Park
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