Paraguay

The national shrine of Our Lady of the Miracles of Caacupé, Patroness of Paraguay, located roughly 50 km east of Asunción. Its wooden statue, standing about 50 cm tall, was carved according to tradition around 1600 by an indigenous Guaraní convert named José. The present sanctuary had its cornerstone laid in 1945, was blessed in 1988, consecrated in 2006, and elevated to a minor basilica in 2015. Its principal feast is celebrated on December 8.

Cathedral of the Diocese of Caacupé (1967), Minor Basilica (2015)Caacupé, cách Asunción khoảng 50 km về phía đông

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The central cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Paraguay (Province of the Anglican Church of South America) situated on Avenida Espana in the Las Mercedes quarter of Asuncion, linking the pioneering 1888 South American Missionary Society heritage among the Indigenous peoples of the Gran Chaco with urban bilingual worship and education alongside Saint Andrew's College.

Central Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Paraguay (Diocesis Anglicana de Paraguay) within the Province of the Anglican Church of South America and the worldwide Anglican CommunionAvenida Espana 1261 (at General Santos Avenue), Barrio Las Mercedes, Asuncion, Republic of Paraguay

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The largest Islamic mosque in the Republic of Paraguay situated in the commercial heart of Ciudad del Este along the Parana River at the Triple Frontier of Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina, inaugurated in 2015 by the local Levantine Arab Muslim community and distinguished by its monumental central dome and twin towering minarets.

Largest Islamic Mosque in the Republic of Paraguay and Principal Sunni Muslim Sanctuary of the Triple Frontier (Triple Frontera) on the Parana RiverCalle 11 de Septiembre at Calle 29 de Septiembre (near the Friendship Bridge over the Parana River), Downtown Ciudad del Este, Alto Parana Department, Republic of Paraguay

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The largest and best-preserved Jesuit Reduction (Reduccion Jesuitica) in Paraguay, crowning a hilltop near the Parana River in Itapua Department, founded in 1706 and constructed in red sandstone after 1745 by Italian Jesuit architect Giovanni Battista Primoli with a celebrated frieze of angels playing Guarani musical instruments, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.

First UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Republic of Paraguay (inscribed in 1993 together with Jesus de Tavarangue, Ref. 648) and National Historical Monument of ParaguayTrinidad Municipality (700 meters off National Route PY06, 28 km northeast of Encarnacion), Itapua Department, Republic of Paraguay

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The supreme surviving masterpiece of Franciscan Hispano-Guarani Baroque timber architecture and polychrome woodcarving in South America, erected between 1755 and 1772 at the foot of Cerro Yaguaron with exterior hardwood colonnades and a dazzling 14-meter gilded high altarpiece carved by Portuguese master Jose de Souza Cavadas and Indigenous Guarani artisans.

National Historical and Artistic Monument of the Republic of Paraguay and Supreme Surviving Masterpiece of Franciscan Hispano-Guarani Baroque Timber Architecture in South AmericaCentral Plaza along National Route PY01 (48 km southeast of Asuncion at the foot of Cerro Yaguaron), Yaguaron Municipality, Paraguari Department, Republic of Paraguay

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