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Yaguarón is a city in Paraguay, located at the base of Yaguarón Hill in the Yaguarón District of Paraguarí Department, 48 kilometres (30 mi) from the capital Asunción. The town began as a Franciscan reservation for the Guaraní Indians . It contains a famous and visually stunning church, the building of which, led by Fray Alonso de ...
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Yaguarón es una localidad y distrito de Paraguay situado al noroeste del departamento de Paraguarí. Está situada a 48 km de Asunción. Según el censo de 2002 de la DGEEC tenía 25.984 habitantes. Esta localidad es reconocida por el valor artístico y cultural de su templo de estilo franciscano, que data del periodo colonial.
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Justification of Outstanding Universal Value. The main values of the Templo de San Buenaventura de Yaguarón are: Antiquity and Singularity: The church of Yaguarón, built in the 16 th century, is the most complete existing example of the temple typology from the Guarani area, which includes modern-day Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia.
The words Rio Branco mean "white river" in Portuguese. However, the name does not refer to any local river; it is a tribute to Brazilian diplomat José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, who negotiated the definitive borders of Brazil and Uruguay. Hence the Portuguese name, instead of Spanish Río Blanco (although the city's name has an acute ...
