Santa María la Mayor
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| State Party |  Argentina and  Brazil |
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| Type | Cultural | |
| Criteria | iv | |
| Identification | #275-291 | |
| Region2 | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
| Inscription History | ||
| Formal Inscription: | 1983 7th WH Committee Session |
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| Extension/s | 1984 | |
| WH link: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/275 | |
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1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List |
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Reducción de Santa María la Mayor (Reduction of Holy Maria Mayor), located in the Santa María Department of the Misiones Province, Argentina, at aproximate coordinates , was one of the missions or reductions founded in the 17th century by the Jesuits in the Americas during the Spanish colonial period.
The Jesuit reduction was found in founded in 1626, and by 1744 it held a population of 993. It was abandoned when the Jesuits were expelled from the Spanish colonies in 1767. The ruins of the reduction were declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984, together with other reductions in the area. The ruins have been taken over by vegetation, and are not as well preserved as those of San Ignacio Miní, also in Misiones.
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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