Christian missions
WHS that include buildings that are related to a wider program of evangelisation and 'culturing' of indigenous peoples.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Budj Bim Cultural Landscape | Lake Condah Mission (Church of England, 1867) | |
| Churches of Chiloé | ||
| Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda | ||
| Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba | ||
| Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus | ||
| Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos | ||
| Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis | ||
| San Antonio Missions | ||
| Taos Pueblo | "The missionaries' convent and church lie in ruins. A new church was built at a different location of the west side of the north plaza in the 19th century." - AB Evaluation. "Around 1620, the first Catholic Church in the pueblo, San Geronimo de Taos, was constructed. Reports from the period indicate that the native people of Taos resisted the building of the church and the imposition of the Catholic religion." - Wiki | |
| Tr’ondëk-Klondike | St. Paul's Anglican Church National Historic Site of Canada (Dawson City) "Constructed in 1902 to serve the new settlement at Dawson, this small church is a significant example of frontier mission architecture. St. Paul's is also a symbol of the long-standing presence of Anglican missions in Canada's North beginning here in the 1860s, ministering to Aboriginal peoples and later to miners and settlers." - Parks Canada St. Barnabas Anglican Church (Moosehide) "The St. Barnabas Church was built by the Anglican Church of Canada in 1908. A cemetery with about 200 burials (the oldest from 1898) is located behind the church." - Moosehide Wiki |
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