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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 SiteCountry 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 UNESCOSee also: Spanish Missions in TexasReducción de Nuestra Señora de Loreto (Reduction of Our Lady of Laurel) 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 1610 are located in the Candelaria Department of the Misiones Province, Argentina.
They were declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984, together with other reductions in the area. The ruins have been taken over by vegetation, and are not as well preserved as those of San Ignacio Miní, also in Misiones.
Coordinates: 27°30′S 55°32′W / 27.5°S 55.533°WWorld 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
- Spanish missions in Argentina
- Misiones Province
- World Heritage Sites in Argentina
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