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San Ignacio - Ruins



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Argentine  Flag Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule a... [read more]
Blog: San Ignacio
Date: April 18th 2007

Next morning we took a bus to San Ignacio, home to the largest and best maintained of the old Jesuit ruins in Argentina. These were not just religious settlements, but rather complete economic cells, providing accommodation, education, and work to indigenous people and also European settlers. Their success caused their sudden death - the Spanish crown was afraid of their growing influence and so ... read more




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