Culture
Museums, theaters, galleries and cultural centers
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Cultural venues
Alianza Francesa de Asunción
Bi-national French-Paraguayan center offering language courses and an active cultural program across several venues of its own, including the Molière Hall.
Arte con Aroma Café
Cultural café combining art exhibitions with a drinks menu in downtown Asunción.
Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Milagros de Caacupé
Paraguay's most important Marian shrine; the current basilica was commissioned in 1939, its cornerstone laid in 1945, and construction completed in 2006, before Pope Francis elevated it to Minor Basilica status in 2015.
Casa Bicentenario de la Música Agustín Pío Barrios
A house museum dedicated to guitarist and composer Agustín Pío Barrios "Mangoré," with original instruments, scores and wax-cylinder recordings; reopened on May 5, 2026 with new museography curated by Carlos Spatuzza and Lea Schvartzman.
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).
Centro Cultural Citi (Citibank)
Citi's corporate cultural center in a restored Art Deco mansion in Villa Morra, with free programming since 1999.
Centro Cultural Manzana de la Rivera
Restored colonial city block that brings together a museum, library, gallery, café, and theatrical venues in the heart of Asunción's historic center.
Centro Cultural Paraguayo Americano (CCPA)
Bi-national Paraguay-United States cultural institution active since 1942, home to the Teatro de las Américas.
Centro Cultural de España Juan de Salazar
Cultural center under Spanish cooperation (AECID), with a library, museum, cultural café, and active artistic programming since 1976.
Centro Cultural de la República El Cabildo
Former seat of the Paraguayan Executive branch and later the Congress, today converted into a cultural center with halls dedicated to history, music, film, sacred art, and indigenous/folk art.
Centro Paraguayo Japonés (CPJ)
Municipal institution for Paraguayan-Japanese cultural cooperation, with auditoriums, exhibition halls, and a program of workshops and courses.
Centro de Interpretación Astronómica - Planetario Buenaventura Suárez
Paraguay's only public planetarium and observatory, opened in 2010 next to the San Cosme y Damián Mission in tribute to Jesuit astronomer Buenaventura Suárez.