Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana
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| State Party |  Argentina and  Brazil |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv |
| Identification | #275-291 |
| Regionb | Latin America and the Caribbean |
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Inscription History |
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| Formal Inscription: | 1983 7th Session |
| Extension/s | 1984 |
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a Name as officially inscribed on the WH List |
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Reducción de Nuestra Señora de Santa Ana (Reduction of Our Lady of Saint Ana) was one of the many missions or reductions founded in the 17th century by the Jesuits in the Americas during the Spanish colonial period.
The ruins of the Jesuit reduction founded in 1633 are located in the Candelaria Department of the Misiones Province, Argentina, only 2 kilometers away from the department's head Santa Ana at aproximate coordinates , and not far from the San Ignacio Miní ruins. The complex of Jesuits reductions located both in Argentina and Brazil has been declared in 1984 World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas | Iguazú | Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks | Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba | Guaraní Jesuit Missions: San Ignacio Miní, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa María Mayor (w/ Brazil) | Los Glaciares | Valdés Peninsula | Quebrada de Humahuaca
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