- Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana
-
Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria la Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) * UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ruins of the mission church of Santa AnaCountry Argentina and Brazil Type Cultural Criteria iv Reference 275-291 Region ** Latin America and the Caribbean Inscription history Inscription 1983 (7th Session) Extensions 1984 * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List
** Region as classified by UNESCOReducción de Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana (Reduction of Our Lady of Saint Ana) was one of the many missions or reductions founded in the 17th century by the Jesuits in the Americas during the Spanish colonial period.
The ruins of the Jesuit reduction founded in 1633 are located in the Candelaria Department of the Misiones Province, Argentina, only 2 kilometers away from the department's head Santa Ana, and not far from the San Ignacio Miní ruins.
The complex of Jesuit reductions located both in Argentina and Brazil were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 1984.
Coordinates: 27°23′S 55°34′W / 27.383°S 55.567°W
World Heritage Sites in Argentina Northwest Mesopotamia Guaraní Jesuit Missions of San Ignacio Miní, Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa María la Mayor1 · Iguazú National Park
Cuyo Pampas Patagonia 1 Shared with BrazilCategories:- Misiones Province geography stubs
- Misiones Province
- World Heritage Sites in Argentina
- Spanish missions in Argentina
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.