Trips to Paraguay

The Jesuits followed a model of missions quite different from the one from other present religious orders in Latin America. The missions that constructed, calls Reductions, were small self-sufficient communities in which they taught techniques of agriculture, construction or crafts. They were almost utopian models of coexistence between the Colonizing missionaries and the guaraníes Indians. In fact, the important presence of the guaraní culture in present Paraguay must to a great extent to this respectful relation and the mestization promoted by her.

The tracks of this matchless religious socioeconomic organization (1609-1768) are in the located ruins, all of them, in the Departments of Misiones and Itapúa, between the rivers Tebicuary and Parana.

Jesuíticas ruins of Paraguay

San Ignacio Guazú (1610)

First Jesuítica Reduction of Paraguay.
Located in the present city of San Ignacio of the Missions, to 226 km of Asuncio'n, accessible by the National Route Nº 1.
It owns the most representative museum of the jesuíticas reductions with statures of great value and variety, that have been set out in the great world-wide events.

Saints Cosme and Damián (1632)

Old located jesuítico astronomical observatory in the city of Saints Cosme and Damián, in a branch to 29 km of the route Nº 1 (distant to 342 km of Asuncio'n)
Account with a school, unique and the still on representative one of the reductions (30 jesuíticos towns).
The city is recostada on the dam of Represa de Yacyretá, near the City of Ayolas and the National Park Atingy.

Santa Maria de Fe (1647)

Located in the city of Santa Maria, to 12 km of the branch of the route Nº 1 to 240 km of Asuncio'n, near the City of San Ignacio, she owns a beautiful museum in a building constructed at the jesuítica time in adobe, of very good level.
The sacred statures are of great bearing, with a scale often superior to the human scale and of great mystical and plastic sense.

Santiago (1651)

Located next to the highway (deflection Route Nº 1 around km 258) to Ayolas - 22 km of the deflection.
It owns the best urban-jesuítico historical center, still in the heat of operation, where the houses of Indians border, engalanando, the place. Account with a museum and archaeological testimonies of great value of the first Church.
The city of Santiago is soothes of the Celebration of the Misionera Tradition and capital of a rich region of old and maintained tradition cattle, next to integrate the Circuit Jesuíticas Missions.

Jesus of the Tavarangué (1685)

Universal patrimony of Humanity - UNESCO 1993
Located in the City of Jesus, in an ebullient region with spectacular landscapes of varied policromías, where the red Earth tattoos the prairies and forests, in the middle of aged yerbales, cultures of soybean and settlers of complexion mate, some and others of blond hair.
Distant 12 km (Deflection Route Nº 6 - height of km 29) are one of the most complete expressions of jesuítico urbanism. Today in the heat of recovery process, deserves a visit well.
Natural account in its environs with colorful streams, spas and the generic quarry of great works.

Santa Rosa of Lima (1698)

Located in the city of Santa Rosa (Nº Route 1 - 248 km of Asuncio'n).
Account with an historical helmet of great testimonial value, with imposing houses of Indians, in the heat of operation, for commerce and residences.
Their bell tower of the time and the famous Chapel of Loreto, with their matchless statures and their unique murals in the reductions, is reasons for assiduous visits of tourists.

Trinidad of Parana (1706)

The last constructed jesuítica reduction in Paraguay. Universal patrimony of the Humanity (UNESCO 1993).
Located in 28 km - Route 6 to 500 meters of this route. It is at the top of a hill, in the way that goes from Incarnation to City of the East. There are buses that leave Incarnation to visit Trinidad.

It is visited of the Reductions: The historical helmet of the reduction counts on an imposing place, a great Greater Church, school, factories, houses of Indians, cemetery, kitchen garden and museum.