Religious in Asunción
Discover Paraguay's religious tourism: the Caacupé sanctuary, Jesuit missions of Itapúa and sacred sites that have shaped the country's spiritual identity.
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Tourism AsunciónCatedral Metropolitana Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Seat of the first diocese of the Río de la Plata; neoclassical cathedral blessed in 1845, with a silver-clad main altar, visited by Popes John Paul II (1988) and Francis (2015).
Iglesia de la Encarnación
Asunción's only church with a basilica floor plan, in Romanesque-Corinthian style, built from 1893 and inaugurated in 1912; it served as a field hospital during the Chaco War.