Asunción Cathedral

Asunción Cathedral
Asunción Cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
	View of the cathedral facade
	25°16′54″S 57°37′57″W / 25.2816°S 57.6324°W
Location	Asunción
Country	Paraguay
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption^[1] (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) (also called simply Asunción Cathedral) It is the main Catholic church in Asunción.^[2] It is located in the neighborhood La Catedral, in the historic center of the capital of Paraguay.^[3]^[4] It was the first diocese of the Río de la Plata.

The latest version of the cathedral was built during the government of Don Carlos Antonio López and inaugurated in 1845.^{[citation needed]} It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, the patroness of the country's capital city. It has a high altar coated in silver. The cathedral is the seat of the metropolitan archdiocese of Asunción (in Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctissimae Assumptionis).^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
^ "Portal Guarani – Iglesia catedral de Asunción, Paraguay". Portal Guarani (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2016-04-19.
^ Mérida, José Luis Mora (1973-01-01). Historia social de Paraguay, 1600–1650 (in Spanish). Editorial CSIC – CSIC Press. ISBN 978-8400039080.
^ Casal, Juan Manuel; Whigham, Thomas L. (2012-06-01). Paraguay en la historia, la literatura y la memoria: Actas de las II Jornadas Internacionales de Historia del Paraguay en la Universidad de Montevideo (in Spanish). Editorial Tiempo de Historia. ISBN 978-9996760969.

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[1] Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption

[2] "Portal Guarani – Iglesia catedral de Asunción, Paraguay". Portal Guarani (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2016-04-19.

[3] Mérida, José Luis Mora (1973-01-01). Historia social de Paraguay, 1600–1650 (in Spanish). Editorial CSIC – CSIC Press. ISBN 978-8400039080.

[4] Casal, Juan Manuel; Whigham, Thomas L. (2012-06-01). Paraguay en la historia, la literatura y la memoria: Actas de las II Jornadas Internacionales de Historia del Paraguay en la Universidad de Montevideo (in Spanish). Editorial Tiempo de Historia. ISBN 978-9996760969.

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