San Miguél

Fundación

Its first founder was Father Cristóbal de Mendoza in 1632.

Características

His father was the first founder Cristobal Mendoza
Features: Bandeirantes which also attacked by predators, was forced to leave the place with the natives and took refuge in Concepción (Paraguay). His return came in 1687 with the return of 4,195 people. In three years was almost completed with the construction of about 100 houses (houses of masonry – brick walls, gabled roofs etc -., And call it “house pays” or monastic house of the Jesuits friars.
In 1697 San Miguel was divided, based on 2,832 people she founded the San Juan Bautista reduction of the Missions. So in 1707 San Miguel Archangel had 3,110 inhabitants. The reduction was built between 1735-1745, but despite the efforts of the Jesuits, the slave trade by the Spanish and Portuguese empires conquering the mission ended. The church, the main symbol of the Missionary Brazilian Civilization, was the work of Juan Bautista Prímoli father, who from 1735 to 1744, lifted using only indigenous operators. This monument is an expression of missionary Baroque architecture inspired by the Renaissance rules established by Vignola for Gesu Church in Rome.

In 1697 San Miguel was divided, based on 2,832 people she founded the San Juan Bautista reduction of the Missions. So in 1707 San Miguel Archangel had 3,110 inhabitants. The reduction was built between 1735-1745, but despite the efforts of the Jesuits, the slave trade by the Spanish and Portuguese empires conquering the mission ended. The church, the main symbol of the Missionary Brazilian Civilization, was the work of Juan Bautista Prímoli father, who from 1735 to 1744, lifted using only indigenous operators. This monument is an expression of missionary Baroque architecture inspired by the Renaissance rules established by Vignola for Gesu Church in Rome.

Estado actual

The largest group of religious architecture of the Jesuits strongholds, made even today, remains of walls, fences, arches, front, steeple. Site is located next to the Museum of Misiones, its architectural and artistic relics demonstrate the high cultural level.
You can visit the old church, the missionary cross, the museum mission, the sacristy, the cemetery, the square of the reduction and a light show and sound is offered nightly.
The ruins were the scene in 1986 to record part of the movie The Mission, starring Robert De Niro and
Jeremy Irons.

Since 1984 were declared World Heritage Site by Unesco.