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Jesuit Mission Church of San Rafael de Velasco

San Rafael de Velasco, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Catholic ChurchChiquitosHistoric ChurchJesuit MissionLiving HeritageMuralsUNESCO World HeritageCatholic South America: Saints, Mary & Miracles collectionLiving Catholic historic church

Why pilgrims come

A sacred place worth the journey.

A living Catholic mission church whose murals, carved wood, and restored architectural fabric help show how European forms were transformed through local materials and Chiquitano craftsmanship.

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The pilgrim’s guide

What makes this visit meaningful

At San Rafael, attend to murals and timber as parts of a worshipping church and vulnerable cultural landscape.

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Murals and restoration

See conservation as stewardship of a living sacred interior.

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Present Catholic community

Ask what the church means now, not only what it meant in the eighteenth century.

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