Keywords
Jesuits - missions - São Miguel Arcanjo (Brazil)
World heritage sites - São Miguel Arcanjo (Brazil)
Urban settlements - conservation and restoration - São Miguel Arcanjo (Brazil)
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Abstract
The missionary action that the Company of Jesus started in America in the 15th Century, bringing together different native groups, is well recognized as successful. One of its highest points was reached in the Jesuitical Province of Paraguay where, together with Guarani Indians, was carried out a peculiar experience from a socio-economic-cultural point of view, which has raised discussion and polemics along the centuries. Concerning Architecture and Urban Ordination it is considered as an authentic standard, a particular kind of human settlement known as urban missioner typology, which was reproduced in the entire territory, creating an organized network of villages that can be recognized as a true system based on baroque principles. In this exception space stood out the reduction of San Miguel Arcángel, which remains were declared World Heritage by UNESCO. In this case study this reduction has been chosen as an archetype in the search for answers that might help unveil the origin, the influences and characteristics of this system, seen by the eyes of an architect, and in relation to the form, function and meaning of the space elements produced, as well as the social practices adopted there.Apuntes is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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