São Miguel das Missões | |
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 Gateway to the city of São Miguel das Missões | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto: Patrimônio Histórico e Cultural da Humanidade (Historical and Cultural Heritage of Humanity) | |
 Location in Rio Grande do Sul state | |
  São Miguel das Missões Location of São Miguel das Missões inBrazil | |
| Coordinates:28°33′00″S54°33′10″W / 28.55000°S 54.55278°W /-28.55000; -54.55278 | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Mesoregion | Riograndense Northwest |
| Microregion | Santo Ângelo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mayor (prefeito) (Hilário Casarin) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,246 km2 (481 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Population (2020[1]) | |
• Total | 7,683 |
| • Density | 6.166/km2 (15.97/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
| Website | saomiguel-rs |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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 Interactive map ofRuins of São Miguel das Missões | |
| Part of | Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis |
| Criteria | Cultural: (iv) |
| Reference | 275bis-001 |
| Inscription | 1983 (7thSession) |
| Extensions | 1984 |
| Coordinates | 28°32′53″S54°33′20″W / 28.54806°S 54.55556°W /-28.54806; -54.55556 |
São Miguel das Missões is amunicipality inRio Grande do Sul state, southernBrazil. Important 17th centurySpanishJesuit mission ruins are located in the municipality. San Miguel Mission is within Santo ÂngeloMicroregion, and the Riograndense NorthwestMesoregion. The city covers 1,246 square kilometres (481 sq mi) and had a population of 7,683 residents.
The town grew around the Spanish colonialJesuit Reduction, Mission San Miguel Arcángel, founded in 1632. After becoming part of Brazil it was renamed Mission São Miguel das Missões.
In 1984 Mission São Miguel das Missões was one of four sites of Jesuit reductions in Argentina and one inBrazil to be declared byUNESCO theJesuit Missions of the GuaranisWorld Heritage Sites.[2]
TheMission Museum is a history museum located in São Miguel Mission. The creation of the museum was one of the first initiatives of the Office of Historical and Artistic Heritage, today IPHAN. In 1937 the SPHAN was created and in the same year, the architectLúcio Costa was sent to Rio Grande do Sul to analyze the remains of the ruins of the Seven Peoples of the Missions, and propose measures. One of his proposals was to create a museum to house the statues missionaries dispersed throughout the region. In 1938, the remnants of the town of San Miguel and the museum building were listed as National Heritage, and in 1940, the Museum of the Missions was officially established.
Between 1938 and 1940, the architect Lucas Mayerhofer directed the stabilization works in the mission Church of San Miguel, the construction of the museum building, and was in charge of gathering the works of statuary.
Currently listed in the museum's collection are religious images from the time of installation of the Jesuit missions in the region.
