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Jesuit Missions Tour/Day 3
Today visit two UNESCO World Heritage missions in 1993
* Mision Jesuitica de Jésus de Tavarangué: Originally built in 1685 on the banks of the "Rio Monday" it was moved 1758 following attacks by bandits. The particular architecture is characterized by the association of different styles. The temple was never completed following the expulsion of the Jesuits despite the recovery of the Franciscans and Dominicans. Our guide was uninteresting.
* Mision Jesuitica de San Cosme y Damian: It was founded in 1632 by Father Adriano Formoso in Brazil. After four migrations, it was established in 1760 in San Cosme. The old square is used as a public square and the casas de indios are inhabited. Following a fire in 1899, it was restored and remains a place of worship.
* Centre Astronomica Suarez: Opened in March 2010 with the technical support of Professor Blas Servín, the centre has a multimedia room, a dome-shaped planetarium and a powerful telescope. The tour is done with a very passionate guide.
We finish our tour of Paraguay which does not leave us an unforgettable memory. This is the impression of many travelers met.
Tomorrow in Argentina
Jesuit Missions Tour/ 2nd day
Still under a radiant sun we return to Santa Rosa where last night the museum was closed.
* Santa Rosa de Lima: Founded in 1698 by Father Jacques Ransonier, Santa Rosa de Lima has preserved a fine legacy of the original Jesuit mission. There are authentic casas de indios on one side of the square.
* Capilla Nuestra Senora De Loreto: This beautiful building houses the only colonial frescoes in Paraguay. The colors remained almost intact, the thick walls being a good bulwark against moisture.
* Trinidad: a village that hosts the most famous Jesuit mission in Paraguay, a World Heritage Site.
* Mision Jesuitica De Santisima Trinidad Del Parana: The ruins were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993. It was founded in 1706, in eastern Uruguay, then moved to flee the attacks of the Brazilian bandits, kidnappers of Indians to convert them into slaves. After the expulsion of the Society of Jesus in 1767, the mission of Trinidad was entrusted to the Franciscan friars. The decline of the mission was rapid. The Guarani gradually abandoned the mission.
We land in the mission parking lot for the night.
In the evening we witness a "sound and light" with a guide ... We are only 5 people to browse the site
Jesuit Missions Tour/ 1st day
We cross a very monotonous landscape under a radiant and sunny sky.
* Mission San Ignacio: it is the largest city in the department, but remains a quiet village. Fathers Marcial Lorenzana and Francisco de San Martín celebrated the first mass of San Ignacio in December 1609.
* Museo Diocesano de Arte Jesuitico: This religious art museum is housed in the oldest building of the seventeenth century. It consists of four rooms, where are exhibited by religious themes (Creation, Redemption, the history of Christ in the Church, and finally the Society of Jesus), thirty polychrome sculptures, cedar wood.
* Mission Santa Marie de Fe: This former Jesuit mission was founded in the 1630s by French Father Jacques Ransonnier in Brazil. The invasions of the bandeirantes forced the colony to move to the current site, in 1669
* Museo Diocesano de Arte Jesuitico: In a beautifully restored «casa de indios», the museum contains 53 polychrome sculptures in six themed rooms.
We land for the night in a gas station where we benefit from electricity.
We really need it. The gas has been playing tricks on us for a few days now, and we keep
checking the installation.
Jesuit Missions Circuit
The following days are dedicated to the discovery of the Jesuit Missions or more precisely to the museums dedicated to them.
The Jesuits, who depended on the Catholic religious order, arrived in present-day Brazil in 1549 to evangelize and “civilize” the “savages” who lived here. Then to flee the bandits, thieves and the slavery of the guaranis, they sink into the forest in Bolivia and Argentina.
Each mission is in fact a real village always built on the same level: a main square around which the houses and the church are concentrated. Next to the church is systematically the school, the cemetery and the workshops.
As is often the case in politics, the tide is turning. Jealous of the success of the missions and their independence, the Jesuits were expelled by royal decree before being dissolved in 1773 by the pope, leaving the missions in the state of abandonment. Today there are only ruins and small museums.
Quindy
Still up early to go and receive our cushions. The order is finished since yesterday evening.
Very nice work and the color of the fabric corresponds well to our request. It does not denote with the other fabric of the back dinette. It is always difficult to choose a fabric and or a color with a small sample.
The cabin chair is reinstalled and the rest put back in place, then we go to the circuit of the Jesuit missions.
On our way a very disappointing first stop at "Ita" her church is closed. We hope that the other missions will be open
We have lunch in Yaqueraro in front of the church in the shade of large trees.
It was built between 1755 and 1772 in a Spanish-Guarani Baroque style. The interior is rich in sculptures and gilding. It is the only Franciscan church in Paraguay. It also contains a magnificent central altar and a beautiful altarpiece.
* Museo José Gaspar Rodríguez De Francia; Museum housed in the family home of the hero of Paraguay’s independence but also dictator. We are entitled to a very interesting guided tour.
We then take the road to land in a gas station.
In the late afternoon, a spectacular thunderstorm struck our region ... A torrential rain accompanied by a violent wind invites itself for almost an hour.
The next day the rain does not stop we decide not to move. This allows us to catch up on the site and photos.
In the late afternoon the sun appears ... We lost 20° in one day.
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