Jesuit Missions of Moxos

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Jesuit mission cultural region historical settlement network

The Jesuit Missions of Moxos were a network of 17th–18th century Jesuit-founded settlements in Bolivia’s Beni region, notable for their unique blend of Catholic and Moxeño Indigenous culture and architecture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jesuit Missions of Moxos canonical	1
Jesuit Missions of Moxos region	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jesuit mission ⓘ cultural region ⓘ historical settlement network ⓘ
afterEvent	administration passed to secular clergy and colonial authorities ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Jesuit mission architecture ⓘ vernacular Amazonian architecture ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Bolivia ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Catholic culture ⓘ Moxeño Indigenous culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy	cattle ranching ⓘ communal agriculture ⓘ craft production ⓘ
endTime	18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroupInvolved	Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ Moxeño people NERFINISHED ⓘ
event	expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish America in 1767 ⓘ
foundedBy	Jesuit missionaries ⓘ Society of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	Jesuit order (during mission period) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Loreto de Moxos NERFINISHED ⓘ San Ignacio de Moxos NERFINISHED ⓘ San Javier de Moxos NERFINISHED ⓘ San Joaquín de Moxos NERFINISHED ⓘ San Pedro de Moxos NERFINISHED ⓘ San Ramón de Moxos NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Ana de Moxos NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinidad de Moxos NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	important cultural heritage of Bolivia ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Spanish colonial period ⓘ
knownFor	baroque religious music traditions ⓘ blend of Catholic and Indigenous culture ⓘ mission town urban layouts ⓘ wooden church architecture ⓘ
languageUsed	Moxeño languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish language NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Beni Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ Bolivian Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Jesuit missions in South America NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesuit reductions NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayUse	inhabited towns ⓘ religious and cultural festivals site ⓘ
purpose	Christianization of Indigenous peoples ⓘ settled reduction of Indigenous populations ⓘ
region	Moxos region NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
startTime	17th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moxeño people → associatedWith → Jesuit Missions of Moxos ⓘ

San Ignacio de Moxos → partOf → Jesuit Missions of Moxos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jesuit Missions of Moxos region