Jesuit Quarter and Cordoba Missions

The Jesuit Quarter and the missions of Cordoba ( Spanish: La Manzana Jesuítica y las Estancias de Córdoba ) - a UNESCO World Heritage Site , which includes two parts:

• several former reductions built by Jesuit missionaries in the vicinity of the Argentine city ​​of Cordoba ;
• The Jesuit quarter of Cordoba, where the National University is located (one of the oldest in South America ), the Monserrat school, church and residential buildings.

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Jesuit Quarter and Cordoba Missions [* 1]
Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba [* 2]
A country	Argentina
Type of	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv
Link	995
Region [* 3]	Latin America and the Caribbean
Turning on	2000 (24th session)

The ensemble of reductions (missions and farms) in the vicinity of the city was built up by the Jesuits from the middle of the 17th century. In 1767, Charles III signed a decree expelling the Jesuits from Spanish possessions and confiscating their property. The following year, the university and school were transferred to the state.

Each mission has its own church and a complex of buildings around which villages grew, such as Alta Gracia , the closest to the city of Cordoba. The mission of San Ignacio no longer exists. The Jesuit quarter and missions are often visited by tourists traveling on the route of the Jesuit Missions ( Spanish El Camino de las Estancias Jesuíticas ).

As a unique evidence of the educational activities of the Jesuits in Latin America in the XVII-XVIII centuries. the Jesuit quarter and missions were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000.