Encarnacion

Encarnacion is a Paraguayan border city just across the river from Posadas, Argentina. Nearby are some Paraguayan ruins of the Jesuit missions located.

The Jesuit missions were catholic groups, building camps (small fortressed towns) with the purpose of converting the local native population to Christianity. When slave traders came to hunt people to sell as slaves, the Jesuits protected the locals. This, amongst other things, led to that the Jesuits were expelled from South America in 1767. Ruins from the time today exist in Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina. Here are some photos from the Paraguayan missions: