leo ~1 0 S INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON MONUMENTS-AND SITES CON S ElL I N T ERN A T ION A L DES M0 N U MEN T SET DES SIT E S I COM 0 S 7 5 RUE D UTE MP L E 7 5 003 PAR I S TEL: 2 7 7.3 5.7 6 LISTE DU PATRIM:>INE MJNDIAL WJRLD HERITAGE LIsr N° 275 -------------- A) IDll-"TIFlCATlOO A) IDENTIFlCATlOO Bien propose : sao Miguel das MissOes Nanination : sao Miguel das MissOes Lieu : Etat de Rio Grande do Sul Location : Rio Grande do Sul State Etat partie : Bresil State party : Brazil Date: 30 oecembre 1982 Date : Decerrber 30, 1982 B) I<XM)S RE<XJI.1MENDATICN ,:\Ie le bien culturel DrO""X)Se soit That the [>ro::osed cultural property inscrit sur la li~te du Patr;i..noine be inscriPe<i on the Horltl Heritage List I l-Drxlial dans le cadre d' une pI'O:tX>sition \",i ti1in tile franewol;'k of a Sjlobal proJ:.O~i - I glooale ccr.\?renant leb principales t~ el~.~stng the principal Jesuit missions jesuites de I' .Amerique du SUd. missions of South America. C) JUsrIFlCATICl'J C) JUsrIFlCATlOO La mission jesuite de S""'ao Miguel, The outset for the Jesuit missim of I' d'abord fondee sur le site d'Itaia~ Sao Miguel, first founded on the site of en 1632, connut des debuts difficiles. ItaiacecO in 1632, was a difficult one. I La rMucticn fut transferee a Concep- The "reduccion" was transferred to ccnce1' cibl, puis, en 1687, sur Ie site actuel, cion, then, in 1687, to the present site au bard du Piratini : elle oanptait on the banks of the Piratini: it already deja a oette date pres de 4000 indiens cCllPrised at that date nearly 4,000 I christianises. christianized Indians. I Du village, construit selon Ie plan­ Of the village, constructed follaNing type deerit au livre IV des Leyes de the plan described :in Bcx:lk IV of the Indias, il ne subsiste aucun batiment Leyes de Indias, not me building remains intact, mais les fondations de la resi­ intact; only the foundatims of the dence des P~res, du college et de I' en­ residence of the Fathers, those of the ceinte du ci.meti~re, quelques vestiges school and of the walls of the cenetery de maisons d' indiens. Seules vestiges as well as sare vestiges of Indian habi­ ~videntes dans un site peric:diquement tations. In a site periodically' invaded envahi par la vegetaticn, les ruines by vegetaticn are found the ruins of the de l'~lise. Celle-ci est due a un ar­ church. This latter is attributed to a chitecte jesuite d 'origine milanaise, Jesuit architect of Milanese origins, le ~re Gian Battista PrilToli, bien Father Gian Battista Prinoli, well knCMn oamu par ses travaux a Buenos Aires, for his work in Buenos Aires, CarddJa and Cordoba et Caloepc{on. L'~lise de sao ConcepciOn. The church of sao Miguel das - 2 - Miguel das MissOes etait achevee p:mr MissOes was for the rrost part tenninated l'essentiel en 1744, lorsque Primoli in 1744, when Primoli left for Paraguay, partit au Paraguay afin de construire before constructing the church of Tri­ celIe de Trinidad. Les derniers travaux nidad. The final work, that of the de charpenterie et de couverture se carpentry and the roofing, were conr tenninerent en 1750. Dix ans plus tard, pleted in 1750. Ten years later, a un incendie ravageait cette belle egli­ fire ravaged this beautiful Baroque se baroque; elle ne fut restaliree que church; it was restored in a rather de fa~on pre caire dans les annees qui sl.lll'TTBYy manner during the years which precederent l'expUlsion definitive des preceded the definitive expUlsion of Peres Jesuites en 1768. the Fathers in 1768. Ses ruines, tres vUlnerables, ont Its ruins, which are highly vunera­ fait receTIment l'objet de campagnes de ble, have recently undergone consoli­ consolidation (1925-1928 et 1938-1980) • dation (campaigns: 1925-1928 and 1938- A partir de 1980, l'UNESCO a ete con­ 1980). Since 1980, UNESCO has been sUl tee au titre de la cooperation tech­ asked to give technical cooperation. nique. II est recormrano.e l' inscription des The inscri~tion of the ruins of Sao ruines de :Jao iV.Liguel sur la liste du Higuel on the oorld Heritage List is Patri.In?ine l'Dn..iial dans Ie cadre u' une reconrnended within the frar.'.c'.~r.K of a nowination globale concernant les global nomination concerning the Jesuit missions j esllites d' Arrl§ri~e Latine et hlidsions of Latin Amer~ca and assocj.ating 3.ssociant les prop::>sitiOl)';:; de plLl::>ieUYs the proPJsilions of several concerned ztats rnerrbres concernes. States Party. ICOM)S, 1983. - SAO MIGUEL D A S MISSOES- ICONIOS I N T ERN A T I 0 \.i A L COL '.; elL 0 N \1 0 \i U \1 E \i T S \ \i D SIT E S CON S ElL I N T ERN A T I 0 " A L [) E S: \1 0 " U :-'1 E N T SET DES SIT E S CON S E J 0 I N T ERN A C ION i\ L () E \1 () \,j U \1 E N T 0 S Y SIT lOS ME)I(llYHAPOllHbIH COBET no BonpOCAM nAM5ITHHKOB H llOCTonPHME4ATEnbHbIX MECT LISTE DU PATRIMOINE MONDIAL WORLD HERITAGE LIST N° 291----- A) IDENTIFICATION A) IDENTIFICATION Bien propose: ~1issions j~suites des Nomina tion: Jesu,xt Hissions of the Guaranis SUaranis Lieu: Misiones, region nord-est Loca tion: Misiones, north-east region Etat partie: Argentine State oarty: Argentina Datle: 20 septembre 1983 Da te : September 20, 1983 B) RECOMMANDATION DE L'ICOMOS B) ICOMOS RECOMMENDATION L'ICOMOS reoammande l'inscription de San ICCllOS recamends the inscrintion of San Ignacio Mini et r=:. raJlie ynlontiers Ignacio Min:f. and suT"""'('):rts tlle i..nscrintion a l'inscriotion aes 4 biens. of the 4 ~ropert~eR. ~--~~------------------------------~----------------------------------------4 C) JUSTIFICATION C) JUSTIFICATION Examinant, lors de la session de During its 1983 session, when exa-:- . 1983, a la suite d'une derPande du gou­ m.ini.ncrthe nroposal for inclusion of a vernerrent bresilien la proposition d' Jec:~pit -I!Ii.ssion -(Sao TvTj.~el c:as Missoes) on . inscription d'une miss,.j.on jesuite (Sao t~e ~brld Eeritage List following a request Miguel das Missoes) sur la Liste du Pa­ by the Brazilian governm:mt, the Conmittee triIroine fundial, Ie Cami te avait esti­ felt that the existence of the civilization ~ que Ie fait de civilisation dent te­ attested to f:rc:F California to the Republic rroignent, de la Californie a la Republi of Argentina by the "reducciones", could que Argentine, les "reductions", p::>uvait hardly be epitomized or even evoked by a difficilerrent etre resurre ou merre eve­ single 9}(..arrple. que, par un seul exenple. Based on the conclusion of a re- Se fondant sur les conclusions '. p::>rt of ICCf.fOS, written by Jorge Osvaldo du rapport de l' ICCM)S, redige par Jorge Gazaneo, the Ccmnittee then decided that Osvaldo Gazaneo, Ie Cami te avait alors the therre of Jesuit Missions, should be the decide que Ie thene des Missions jesui- subject of supplerrentaJ:y proposals associa­ tes devait faire 1 'objet de prop::>sitioru ting for South Arrerica, Brazi1.and Argenti­ cx:xcplenentaires associant, p::>ur l' ArrEri- na, already rrembers of the Convention, with que du SUd, Ie Bresil et l'Argentine, out waiting for the eventual ratification etats nerrbres de la Convention, sans at of Paraguay. tendre l'eventualite d'une ratification de celle-ci par Ie Paraguay. Officic_lly announced by the go- verrnrentof the Republic of Argentina at ICOMOS· fhitcl SainH\ignan. 75 Rue du Temple. 75003 Pans Td. 2773576 Cable address / Adrcssc tckgraphiquc ICOMOS PARIS - 2 - Officiellement annoncee par Ie the 1983 session, the proposal for inclu- gouvernement de la Republique Argentine sifln concerns four guarani "reducciones" a la session de 1983, la proposition d' out of a possible fifteen which are loca_ inscription concerne quatre reductions ted within its national boundaries : San guaranies sur les quinze qui se trouvent Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Senora sur Ie territoire national : San Ignacio de wreto and Santa Maria la Mayor. The Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Setl"ora de wreto choice of these four ensembles (all situa­ et 8:m.ta Maria la Mayor. Le choix de ces ted within the province of Misiones) is quatre ensembles (tous situes dans la justified by their historical and archeo­ province des Misiones) est justifie par logical interest, as well as by certain leur interet historique et archeologique corrplementarity. In fact, all these "reduc­ ainsi que par une certaine conplenenta­ ciones ", situated near springs or in the rite. En effet, si toutes ces "reduccio­ vicinity of large rivers are of the sarre nes ", situees aupres de sources ou au nodel (the church, the residence of the voisinage de grands fleuves retiennent fathers, the regularily spaced houses of Ie plan-type que la Conpagnie de Jesus the Indians are placed around a large squa­ adopta apres que la Couronne d' Espagne re). This nodel was adopted by the carpany lui eiit concede, en 1609, Ie privilege of Jesus after the Spanish crown conceded de s' installer en pays guarani (autour it the right, in 1609, to settle in guara­ d' une grande place carree, l' eglise, la ni country. ~r, each of the four residence des Peres, les maisons regulie­ "reducciones" is characterized by a lay­ renent inplantees des indiens), chacune se out :r:eculiar to itself and by a different caracterise par des dispositions sin­ state of preservation.