La orientaci\'on de las iglesias jesu\'iticas en Am\'erica: resultados preliminares
Adrian Di Paolo, Maria Florencia Muratore, Alejandro Gangui

TL;DR
This study investigates the orientations of Jesuit mission churches in America to determine if their alignments relate to celestial bodies, combining archaeological, historical, and satellite data for preliminary insights.
Contribution
It offers the first comparative analysis of Jesuit church orientations across different American regions using interdisciplinary methods.
Findings
Preliminary evidence of specific orientation patterns in Jesuit churches
Indications of possible celestial alignment in church orientations
Comparison across regions suggests cultural influences on architecture
Abstract
We study the Jesuit mission churches in America, which for almost two centuries were the most representative constructions in the process of Christian evangelisation on the continent until the expulsion of the Order in 1767. The main objective is to discern possible orientation patterns in the structures studied and to evaluate whether these orientations are related to the rising of the sun or other celestial bodies on the local horizon, as suggested by the texts of early Christian writers, which could provide important and novel information about their history and construction. Archaeoastronomical fieldwork has been carried out in the past in two large regions of South America: the historic provinces of Paraquaria and Chiquitan\'ia (eastern present-day Bolivia). These data must now be interpreted within a broader cultural and geographical context. Thus, in order to obtain a more…
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Taxonomy
TopicsHistorical and Architectural Studies · Historical Studies on Spain
