Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos

Location

eastern Bolivia

Country

Bolivia

Year of Research

1990

Culture

Among 1696 and 1760, six ensembles of reducciones (settlements of Christianized Indians) stirred by the ‘ideal cities’ of the 16th-century philosophers were discovered 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.