Religious in Encarnación
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 EncarnaciónIglesia Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Encarnación
The Cathedral of Encarnación is the main Catholic church in southern Paraguay. Its current structure was built mainly between 1928 and 1938, and it became a cathedral in 1957.
Santuario de la Virgen de Itacuá
9 km from downtown Encarnación, this sanctuary began in the early 1900s, linked to the devotion of Paraná river boatmen. Every December 8, it draws thousands of pilgrims along the Pilgrim's Path.