{"id":1971,"date":"2019-10-22T17:39:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T20:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.01argentina.com\/travel\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2019-10-22T19:19:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T22:19:28","slug":"san-ignacio-ruins-close-to-iguazu-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.01argentina.com\/travel\/san-ignacio-ruins-close-to-iguazu-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"San Ignacio ruins close to Iguazu falls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Iguazu Falls are a true spectacle of nature and are considered as one of the new wonders of the world, but it is not the only place to visit, very close are the ruins of San Ignacio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To take into account: <\/strong>Bring sunscreen and insect repellent, and comfortable shoes, because you must walk a lot inside the ruin to hear the guide’s explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Ignacio is an Argentine town and municipality located in the province of Misiones, less than 3 kilometers from the right bank of the Paran\u00e1 River.
an Ignacio has just over 8 thousand inhabitants and is surrounded by an admirable nature.
The ruins of San Ignacio<\/a> is one of the main attractions near the Iguazu Falls. The reduction enhances the rest of the tourist attractions, among which we find varied camping areas and agrotourism ventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The name comes from Ignacio de Loyola, the Catholic founder of the Society of Jesus, who installed the famous aboriginal reduction. Loyola was later declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
San Ignacio is well known for having in its urban center the historical ruins of the Jesuit reduction of San Ignacio Min\u00ed, whose remains are among the best preserved of this historical stage.
These ruins where the priests organized Guaran\u00ed Indians were declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1984, and the tourism generated by them is one of their main sources of income.
The Jesuit Mission of San Ignacio Min\u00ed was intended to evangelize the Guaran\u00ed natives who inhabited this part of the region.
Jesuit missions in Guaran\u00ed territory were a unique experience in the world and forged an essential page of regional history.
The testimonies of that experience are found in the old reductions, prepared for tourist visits with services of all kinds for individual or group attention.
The circuit consists of the following reductions, San Ignacio de Min\u00ed, Our Lady of Loreto, Santa Ana, and Santa Mar\u00eda which is located in the south of the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jesuit Mission Reduction of San Ignacio Min\u00ed
These are the reductions of the Jesuit Mission of San Ignacio Min\u00ed, founded by Jesuit Father San Roque Gonz\u00e1lez de Santa Cruz at the beginning of the 17th century.
The Jesuit reductions are located in the town of San Ignacio, province of Misiones, Argentina, about 60 km from the capital city Posadas.
These reductions were intended to evangelize the Guaran\u00ed natives who inhabited this part of the region.
In 1631, most of the Jesuit reductions were destroyed by the S\u00e3o Paulo or Mamluk bandeirantes, only those of San Ignacio and Our Lady of Loreto resisted the attacks.
The following year, they decided to move westward, the so-called Paranaim\u00e1 region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although the Jesuits had people trained to defend themselves, the hostiles forced them to move back to the east, leaving in 1696 definitively restored.
It was in this way, that it received the name of \u00bbSan Ignacio Mini\u00bb (mini means \u00bbthe smallest\u00bb in Guaran\u00ed language) to differentiate it from the previous one, later called San Ignacio Guaz\u00fa (guaz\u00fa means \u00bbthe largest\u00bb in Guaran\u00ed language)
Around the year 1750, about 3,000 inhabitants had been established in the mission. These made crafts that exchanged with other settlements in the area thanks to its strategic location facing the Paran\u00e1 River.
In 1768, after the expulsion of the Jesuits, it was completely abandoned, and in 1817, as it happened with the rest of the reductions, they were destroyed by the Paraguayans.
Today, the reductions of the Jesuit Mission of San Ignacio Min\u00ed, are the best preserved in the Argentine Republic.
Its architecture is common to the rest of those built by the Jesuits.
The Church around the main square, the cemetery, the town hall, the house of the Fathers and the houses.
For the construction of this mission, local materials were used, the red sprinkler in large pieces, which allowed excellent conservation despite the passage of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n