🏛️ Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos

Bolivia · Americas · Cultural · 18.70°S, 62.50°W

The Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos are located in the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia. Six of these former missions collectively were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990. Distinguished by a unique fusion of European and Amerindian cultural influences, the missions were founded as reductions or reducciones de indios by Jesuits in the 17th and 18th centuries to convert local tribes to Christianity.

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Quick facts

Country	Bolivia
Continent / region	Americas
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	18.70°S, 62.50°W · view on map

Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos is a cultural World Heritage site in Bolivia, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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