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San Jerónimo Gets a Nighttime Glow: Senatur’s Lighting Project Aims to Boost Nocturnal Tourism

Paraguay’s National Tourism Secretariat (Senatur) has installed warm lighting in the historic San Jerónimo neighborhood of Asunción, transforming its narrow streets and iconic oratory into an inviting nighttime attraction. The project, which includes facade restoration and mural initiatives, seeks to preserve cultural identity while drawing more visitors after dark.

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How Trinidad Lost Its Saints: A 19th-Century Collector’s Tale

In 1887, Uruguayan traveler Adolfo de Bourgoing, on a mission for the newly founded Museo de La Plata, negotiated with local leader Buenaventura Flecha to acquire religious artifacts from the Jesuit ruins of Trinidad, Paraguay. The account, published in Bourgoing's book and recently reissued by Tiempo de Historia and Fondec, details the removal of statues, altars, and other relics from the former Jesuit reduction.

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