São Miguel das Missões
São Miguel das Missões | |
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UTC−3 (BRT) | |
Website | saomiguel-rs |
Criteria | Cultural: (iv) |
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Reference | 275bis-001 |
Inscription | 1983 (7th Session) |
Extensions | 1984 |
Coordinates | 28°32′53″S 54°33′20″W / 28.54806°S 54.55556°W |
São Miguel das Missões is a
Mission São Miguel das Missões
The town grew around the Spanish colonial Jesuit Reduction, Mission San Miguel Arcángel, founded in 1632. After becoming part of Brazil it was renamed Mission São Miguel das Missões.
In 1984 Mission São Miguel das Missões was one of four sites of Jesuit reductions in Argentina and one in Brazil to be declared by UNESCO the Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis World Heritage Sites.[2]
Museum
The Mission Museum is a history museum located in São Miguel Mission.
The creation of the museum was one of the first initiatives of the Office of Historical and Artistic Heritage, today IPHAN. In 1937 the SPHAN was created and in the same year, the architect
Between 1938 and 1940, the architect Lucas Mayerhofer directed the stabilization works in the mission Church of San Miguel, the construction of the museum building, and was in charge of gathering the works of statuary.
Currently listed in the museum's collection are religious images from the time of installation of the Jesuit missions in the region.
See also
- Governorate of Paraguay
- Governorate of the Río de la Plata
- Spanish Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis-related topics
- Misiones Orientales
- Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
References
- ^ IBGE 2020
- ^ a b List of World Heritage Sites, UNESCO
- ^ "Rio Grande do Sul, São Miguel das Missões" (in Portuguese). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-09.