Jesuit Reductions of Paraguay

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historic site
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Jesuit_Missions_of_the_Guaranis
gptkbp:dissolved expulsion of Jesuits from Spanish Empire
gptkbp:endDate 1767
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jesuit Reductions of Paraguay
gptkbp:language gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Guaraní
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Argentina
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Paraguay
gptkbp:notableFor cultural syncretism
autonomous indigenous communities
unique social and economic organization
gptkbp:notableReduction gptkb:São_Borja
gptkb:Apóstoles
gptkb:Santo_Tomé
gptkb:San_Nicolás
gptkb:Corpus_Christi
gptkb:San_Carlos
gptkb:San_Pedro
gptkb:Santa_Ana
gptkb:Santiago
gptkb:San_Luis_Gonzaga
gptkb:São_Miguel_das_Missões
gptkb:San_Ignacio_Miní
gptkb:Santa_María_la_Mayor
gptkb:San_Juan_Bautista
gptkb:Santa_María
gptkb:Concepción
gptkb:Loreto
gptkb:San_José
gptkb:San_Lorenzo
gptkb:San_Pablo
gptkb:Candelaria
gptkb:San_Ignacio_Guazú
gptkb:San_Javier
gptkb:San_Miguel_Arcángel
gptkb:São_Luiz_Gonzaga
gptkb:São_Nicolau
gptkb:Itapúa
gptkb:La_Santísima_Trinidad_de_Paraná
gptkb:San_Francisco_Javier
gptkb:Jesús_de_Tavarangue
gptkb:San_Cosme_y_Damián
Santa Rosa
Santa Teresa
Santo Ángel
São João Batista
São Lourenço Mártir
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Society_of_Jesus
gptkbp:population over 100,000 at peak
gptkbp:purpose Christianization of indigenous peoples
protection of Guaraní people
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Guaraní_people
Catholic Church
Spanish colonial period
Reducción (settlement type)
gptkbp:startDate 1609
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:San_Ignacio_Miní
gptkb:Ruins_of_São_Miguel_das_Missões
gptkb:La_Santísima_Trinidad_de_Paraná
gptkb:Jesús_de_Tavarangue
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:St._Roque_González_de_Santa_Cruz
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7