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San Ignacio Mini Walls
Look closely for a better look at the construction details in these remaining walls.
This same style was common within the mission system.
In Brazil, the missions:
- Sao Miguel Arcanjo (das Missoes) (1687) , near the city of Santo Angelo, is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The ruins of the mother church of São Miguel are the main symbol in Brazil of the missionary civilisation. Designed by the Jesuit priest and architect João Batista Promoli, the church is an example of the baroque architecture of the missionaries, inspired by Renaissance rules established by Vignola for the Gesu church in Rome. The largest piece of religious architecture in the Jesuit settlements, it still possesses the remains of walls, partitions, vaults, facade and bell tower, and, as an important world heritage site, has been preserved and restored by the Ministry of Culture. Next to it is the Museum of Missões, where objects of art and architecture are on display and there is a reconstruction of the settlement and the Indian houses by the architect Lucio Costa. Missões.
- San Luis Gonzaga and Santo Angel Custodio Missions Santo Angelo (1706), Sao Francisco de Borja (1682), Sao Nicolau, Sao Luiz Gonzaga, Sao Lourenço
- Martir (1690), Sao Joao Batista (1697)
Uruguay Mission:
- San Juan Bautista in present day Colonia de Sacramento, orginally founded by the Portuguese.