Tags: World Heritage Site.
Reducción de Nuestra Señora de Loreto (Reduction of Our Lady of Laurel) founded in 1610 was the first reductions established by the Jesuits in the Province of Paraguay in the Americas during the Spanish colonial period. The site is located in the Candelaria Department of Misiones Province Argentina.The Jesuits learned Indian languages and developed ways to write them using the Roman alphabet. They established a printing press at this mission for which it became renowned.