Cities · Central · Greater Asunción and Lake Ypacaraí

Ypané

Ypané, declared a 'Historic City', was one of the country's first Franciscan reducciones (mission towns). Its parish church of San Pedro Apóstol was first built in 1580, from logs, adobe and thatch. Within its boundaries, beside the Ytororó stream, a monument almost 20 meters tall marks the site of the battle of December 6, 1868. On the Paraguay River lies Playa Mariscal, its main beach, and along the Ypané stream you'll find the 'badlands' (yvy vai), eroded Pleistocene landscapes.