Ruins of the Holy Trinity, in Encarnación, Paraguay

Don’t wait to visit these spectacular ruins!

Ruins of the Jesuit reduction 

"Holy Trinity of Paraná"

These red-stoned ruins are the physical remnants of a thriving Jesuit missionary base from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The Jesuit Reductions were all built to a common plan. The church dominated the main square, with all other buildings –colleges, hospitals, housing– located on the remaining three sides. In the centre of the square, there was a cross and a statue of the mission’s patron saint. This plan is quite evident in the Trinidad Reduction where a substantial amount of the buildings remain. The main church, some living quarters and workshops still stand. The church boasts a baptismal font, an elaborate pulpit and numerous statues and stone carvings. These ruins are being restored and maintained constantly. 

Now, centuries later, the order and even purposefulness of the place can still be felt. It is a well-organised place. It was a place of life. It was a place of community. It was a place that offered a different model of interaction between the European settlers and native peoples. Centred on the church, the community, both Jesuit and native, lived, worked and prayed together. A sense of this remains.

Don’t miss the opportunity

to live history!

 The Three Borders

View of the juncture of the Iguazu and Parana rivers and the three borders
(Argentina, Brazil y Paraguay)

You should also visit the Three Borders Zone, a landmark with a view of the place where the rivers Paraná and Iguazú meet to form the borders of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraquay.  The rivers joinig here -Paraná and Iguazú-create a single river, which leads to the Iguazú falls.

Three Borders landmark park

The Three Borders Landmark includes three obeliscs painted with the colours

corresponding to the flags of the three countries: Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.