San Ignacio Miní
Ruins · Argentina
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- -27.255, -55.532
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
San Ignacio Miní was one of the many missions founded in 1610 in Argentina, by the Jesuits in what the colonial Spaniards called the Province of Paraguay of the Americas during the Spanish colonial period. It is located near present-day San Ignacio valley, some 60 kilometers (37 mi) north of Posadas, Misiones Province, Argentina. In 1984, it was one of four reducciones in Argentina to be designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.