Portal:Argentina/Selected picture/Month 07, 2006

San Ignacio Miní was one of the many missions founded in 1632 by the Jesuits in the Americas during the Spanish colonial period.

In terms of preservation, including the architectural and sculptural details that typify the style known as "Guaraní baroque", San Ignacio Miní may be the most outstanding surviving example of the 30 missions built by the Jesuits in a territory that now comprises parts of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It is also a tourist favorite for its accessibility, surrounded as it is by the present-day village of San Ignacio in the province of Misiones, Argentina. Picture archive