Santa María la Mayor
Ruins · Argentina
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- -27.890, -55.345
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Reducción de Santa María la Mayor, located in the Santa María Department of the Misiones Province, Argentina, was one of the missions or reductions founded in the 17th century by the Jesuits in the Americas during the Spanish colonial period. In 1984 it was one of four reduction sites in Argentina designated as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.