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La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná

La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná reveals a Guarani reduction as a city: its plaza, corridors, school, workshops, homes, funerary spaces, gardens, friezes and museums form an archaeological complex inscribed together with Jesús.

Stone plaza and arcades at the Jesuit Mission of Santísima Trinidad del Paraná.
Photo by Josep M. Gracia Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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What makes it special

  • Urban scale and layout of the reduction.
  • Friezes of musician angels and stone pieces.
  • Museums and architecture reflecting a complex Guarani-colonial history.
Detail of a sandstone relief at the Trinidad mission.
Photo by rodoluca Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná
Photo by rodoluca Source: Wikimedia Commons Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
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La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná

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Stone plaza and arcades at the Jesuit Mission of Santísima Trinidad del Paraná.

Trinidad and Jesús de Tavarangue, two views of Paraguay’s missions

A short distance from Encarnación, Santísima Trinidad del Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue offer two distinct readings: a mission town that can still be explored and a monumental church left unfinished. Visit them as part of one historical landscape, but not as interchangeable stops.

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Profile updated: 13/09/2026