Bolivian Mission Towns Revive Baroque Legacy
npr.org: The Mission Church of Concepcion is the nerve center of the country's Baroque revival. npr.org
npr.org     May 13, 2008          

Deep in the tropics of Bolivia, young musicians and others are keeping alive the legacy of the country's 17th-century Jesuit missionaries. A region with eight mission towns is home to the richest collection of Baroque manuscripts in the Americas and Asia. [read full story]                

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