Guazú Cuá y la iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción

Guazú Cuá is a small village in southern Ñeembucú, about 42 km from Pilar, surrounded by streams and wetlands that keep the climate cool and damp. Its main sight is the church of the Inmaculada Concepción, an old building with thick adobe walls, a timber-and-mud roof, large windows and a carved wooden altarpiece with period saint images. Work began in 1849 and the church opened in 1852 with President Carlos Antonio López in attendance. It is a good example of mid-19th-century rural religious architecture and worth a stop for anyone touring the department's historic towns. Life here revolves around cattle ranching and farming. It suits travellers who want silence, wetland scenery and villages that are not yet on the mass-tourism routes.

The settlement was founded in 1775 by Agustín Fernando de Pinedo under the name Villa Franca de los Remolinos. According to legend, during the Triple Alliance War the residents abandoned the area and, on returning, found so many deer (guasu in Guaraní) that they named it Guazú Cuá.