Misiones Orientales

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The Misiones Orientales (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈsjones oɾjenˈtales], lit. 'Eastern Missions') or Sete Povos das Missões/Siete Pueblos de las Misiones (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɛtʃi ˈpɔvuz dɐz miˈsõjs], lit. 'Seven Towns of the Missions') is a historic region in South America, in present-day Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost State of Brazil.

Together with present-day

The territory returned to Spain in 1777 in the First Treaty of San Ildefonso, but was definitively ceded to Portugal in the Treaty of Badajoz (1801). It became part of Brazil when this country gained its independence from Portugal in 1822.

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• Spanish Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis-related topics
• Jesuit history in South America
• List of Jesuit sites
• Sculpture of the Misiones Orientales

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