Unfinished building
Roofless walls.
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The ruins of a Jesuit mission on a green hill north of Trinidad, founded by the Jesuits in 1685 and moved to its present site in the eighteenth century, World Heritage with Trinidad since 1993. Its best-known feature is the huge building that was never finished, because the 1767 expulsion of the Jesuits halted construction, leaving its tall red stone walls roofless, with doorways topped by trefoil arches in Moorish-Andalusian style, rare in South American architecture. The site is quiet, with fewer visitors than Trinidad, ringed by lawns and trees, and the hill looks over green countryside. Visitors walk among the walls and columns, and at night a 3D video show rebuilds the place in light. It is usually visited the same day as Trinidad on the shared ticket. Paraguayan summers are very hot and humid from November to March, so carry water and a hat; winter is milder for sightseeing.
Roofless walls.
Trefoil shaped.
In 3D.
Jesús town, about 12 km north of Trinidad
The Jesuits' expulsion from the Spanish empire in 1767 halted construction, leaving the walls standing without a roof.