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Religious in Asunción
Religious tourism in Paraguay: the Caacupé basilica, cathedrals and shrines, with the location of each site in cities nationwide.
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Catedral 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).
Asunción
Closed, opens today at 06:15
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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.
Asunción
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Parroquia Santa Elena
Parroquia Santa Elena, part of the Archdiocese of Asunción, is in Villa Aurelia. Its sports hall hosts charity parties, such as those held to fund its new church.
Asunción
Closed, opens today at 15:30