Asunción is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay in South America. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the northwest separate the city from the Occidental Region of Paraguay and from Argentina in the south part of the city. The rest of the city is surrounded by the Central Department.
Aurelio Ramón González Benítez was a Paraguayan football player.
La Catedral is a barrio (neighbourhood) of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. It has a population of 3,676 people and it is located next to the Paraguay River and other barrios such as La Encarnación, General Díaz, San Roque and Ricardo Brugada. It was named after the cathedral of Asunción.
Ayoreo is a Zamucoan language spoken in both Paraguay and Bolivia. It is also known as Morotoco, Moro, Ayoweo, Ayoré, and Pyeta Yovai. However, the name "Ayoreo" is more common in Bolivia, and "Morotoco" in Paraguay. It is spoken by Ayoreo, an indigenous ethnic group traditionally living on a combined hunter-gatherer and farming lifestyle.
The Museum of the Memory of the City is located in the Viola House, one of the nine buildings that make up the architectonic complex Manzana de la Rivera, in front the Government house, in Asunción, capital of Paraguay. This Museum was an idea of the architect Carlos Colombino, and was inaugurated on 14 August 1996. a journey through its different spaces will allow to make a reading of Asuncion's history, in its different phases of development. The objects that it treasures had been collected in the country, as well as in the cities of New York City, Madrid, Paris, Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
The Mythical Museum Ramón Elías, called honoring its founder, is a mythology museum in Capiatá, Paraguay.
Juan Silvano Godoi was a librarian and intellectual at the time of the Paraguayan national reconstruction.
Santiago is a city in Paraguay, located in the Misiones Department. It is one of the most important Jesuit missions in Paraguay.
Félix Toranzos is a Paraguayan artist, architect and graphic designer, considered to be one of the most conspicuous representatives of the new generation of artists in Paraguay.
Paraguay is a rural country, and many urban residents enjoy vacationing on ranches in the countryside. While the tourism market is mainly domestic, some international tourists also visit rural Paraguay.
The National Museum of Fine Arts of Asunción, located on Mcal. Estigarribia and Iturbe St. in Asuncion, the capital city of Paraguay, displays over 650 works of art, paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, photographs, Paraguayan and international artists. As well as antique coins, furniture and various objects that belonged to its creator.
Peter Jörgensen was a Danish early 20th century entomologist, active particularly in Argentina and Paraguay.
The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification CONMEBOL Group 3 was a CONMEBOL qualifying group for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.
Ticio Escobar is a Paraguayan lawyer, academic, author, museum director, and former Minister of Culture of Paraguay. He has championed the rights of Indigenous peoples of Paraguay, writing about and curating shows on the topic.
Julia Isídrez is a Paraguayan ceramist.
Juana Marta Rodas was a Paraguayan ceramist.
Mabel Arcondo (1940–1976) was a Paraguayan artist whose work is classified in the art history of Paraguay as being at the intersection between primitivism and surrealism. Her work was characterized by intense color and dream themes.
Museo del Barro is a museum located on the outskirts of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. It began as a private circulating collection and seven years later acquired a permanent location. It includes three separate divisions, a pottery museum, an indigenous art museum and a contemporary art collection.
Margarita Morselli is an artist who is considered a pioneer in the use of a video as a form of artistic expression in Paraguay. The work she presented was on abstraction with references to real spaces.
Branislava Sušnik was a Slovenian-Paraguayan anthropologist.
