This place is an example of the colonies established by Jesuit missionaries in Paraguay between the 17th and 18th centuries. After the expulsion of the Society of Jesus by King Carlos III in 1767, this and other missions were abandoned. Its ruins were rediscovered nearly two centuries after it was abandoned.

The architectural remains clearly show the unique urban structure of the Jesuit reductions, with a vast central square where social, cultural and religious events were held. Around the great plaza was the rest of the mission; the Iglesia Mayor, the cemetery, the orchard, a courtyard and various buildings used as workshops.

Also around the square, called Plaza Mayor, the houses of the Indians were built as a set of arches, individual rooms where a family lived in each one of them. The mission was completed by a bell tower that also served as a watchtower.

The ruins of the mission are characterized by having a very fine architecture with rich ornamentation, built in the Baroque style by the Italian Jesuit architect Giovanni Battista Primoli. The construction of the Reduction of the Santísima Trinidad del Paraná, also stands out for the replacement of the wooden posts and frames typical of the buildings of the time and area by the massive use of stone ashlars.

Profusely decorated with symbols and signs, each building and place is loaded with a strong symbolic content, present through the architectural elements carved in stone, from the imposing main church, whose ruins give an idea of its majesty, to the houses of the Guarani families that inhabited the mission.

Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993, it is under constant restoration and maintenance work, being one of the most visited sites in the country. Within the complex you can also admire a museum in which ornamental pieces made by the Guarani are exhibited, as well as parts of some architectural details of the set of buildings.

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