Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil)
A World Heritage Site in Brazil / Argentina, inscribed in 1983 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Brazil / Argentina
- Region
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Inscribed
- 1983
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (iv)
- Property area
- approx. 265.1 ha
- Component parts
- 5
- Transboundary property
- Yes
- Coordinates
- -28.5433, -54.2658
- UNESCO ID
- 275
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Names in other languages
- French
- Missions jésuites des Guaranis : San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto et Santa Maria Mayor (Argentine), ruines de Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brésil)
- Spanish
- Misiones jesuíticas de los guaraníes: San Ignacio Miní, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto y Santa María la Mayor (Argentina), ruinas de Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brasil)
- Chinese
- 瓜拉尼人聚居地的耶稣会传教区：阿根廷的圣伊格纳西奥米尼、圣安娜、罗雷托圣母村和圣母玛利亚艾尔马约尔村遗迹以及巴西的圣米格尔杜斯米索纳斯遗迹
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