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So we followed our trip and now we're in Argentina! This is a close view of San Ignacio's ruins. That day we come from Foz do Iguaçu, in Brazilian borders, to the city of Posadas, in Argentina, where we stayed for three nights. San Ignacio is located by the road between Iguaçu e Posadas, and we stopped to see the park/museum, and it took us about one hour.
It was a beautiful and sunny afternoon, and the light provided nice pictures, don't you agree?.
San Ignacio is one of 30 Indian Reductions (known as Missões Jesuíticas, in portuguese) that were settled by Spanish Crown and Catholic Church during XVII century. By that time, according to Treaty of Tordesillas, this territory belonged to Spain; today, the area where the 30 reductions were built is part of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
Around 100.000 Indians and Catholic priests lived in those reductions, during 150 years of its existence. They lived in a community, and it seems they achieved a considerable economical development.
In 1750, the Treaty of Madrid changed the borders of portuguese and spanish colonies in South America, so 7 reductions on the east side of Uruguay River got into the portuguese domains. And by that time, it seems that both portuguese and spanish crowns weren't interested in keeping up these reductions.
In 1756, as the indians didn't leave the reductions, a spanish-portuguese armed force destroyed them and provide a human massacre. This is known as Guarany War (or "Guerra Guaranitica", in portuguese).
As far as I read about the Reductions, before our trip, it seems that San Ignacio is among the few most preserved reductions ruins. In fact, there is a lot to see here. Most of the other ones seems to be not more than a small bunch of bricks and walls.
You can read something more about Reductions, here (English) or here (more complete, but in Portuguese). |
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