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Villa Hayes

Facing the Paraguay River, Villa Hayes has an old quarter of stately houses, the imposing church of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria and a riverfront promenade with a lookout and a sandy beach where families spend their weekends. The Salvador Garozzo Municipal Museum holds uniforms, weapons and photos from the Chaco War, old coins and Chaco wildlife, with an old tannin-industry locomotive on the sidewalk outside. On the waterfront, monuments to Rutherford B. Hayes and Benjamín Aceval explain why the town bears an American name.