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Parque Caballero y Museo Histórico General Bernardino Caballero

Park

A municipal park from 1926 on former president Caballero's country estate, with a museum in his house and a viewpoint.

in Asunción

1 to 2 hoursDuration

What it is

Parque Caballero is an urban public space in the Ricardo Brugada neighbourhood, between Manuel Gondra and Andrés Barbero streets. Today it covers about 13 hectares of what used to be the country estate of Bernardino Caballero, a president of Paraguay, and mixes shade, paths and play areas with a small history museum. The General Bernardino Caballero Historical Museum is in the house where the former president lived until his death in 1912, and it keeps his furniture and personal belongings. The park also has an architectural viewpoint designed by architect Miguel Ángel Alfaro.

What to see and do

The house-museum where General Caballero lived
The viewpoint designed by Miguel Ángel Alfaro
Tree-lined paths for a quiet walk
El Chorrito, the park's historic spring

Did you know…?

The park began as Bernardino Caballero's own private country estate, hence its name.

One of its original features was El Chorrito, a natural spring that is still listed among the park's historic elements.

History

The municipality bought the Quinta Caballero through ordinance 895 of 31 March 1919 and formalised the purchase with ordinance 1569 of 26 January 1925. The official inauguration was in 1926. It originally covered about 20 hectares, with a natural spring called El Chorrito, gazebos, courts and a pool; the museum opened in 1977 and was restored in 2010 and 2012.

Tips

Combine it with the Andrés Barbero Ethnographic Museum, a few blocks away.
The museum hours change, so check before you go.

Check opening hours before you go.

Best time: Cool mornings and late afternoons, avoiding the hottest hours.

Activities

Museums Photography miradores History & missions Family Wild nature

Festivals and events here

Apr

International Jazz Day in Asunción

Jazz concerts at cultural centers and stages around the capital to celebrate the genre’s world day.

MusicAsunción, Asunción (Distrito Capital)May→ Jun

Asunción International Book Fair (FIL)

Ten days of books, authors and language: the country’s great literary festival, with free entry and a guest country.

CulturalAsunción, Asunción (Distrito Capital)Featured May

Independence Days (May 14 and 15)

Two public holidays for the 1811 independence: flags, ceremonies, sopa paraguaya and chipa guasu all over the country.

CulturalAsunción, Asunción (Distrito Capital)Aug

August 1: National Carrulim Day

On the first day of August people drink carrulim—cane liquor, rue and lemon—to ward off the ills of the most dreaded month.

TraditionAsunción y todo el país, Varios Aug

August 15: Founding of Asunción and Feast of Our Lady of the Assumption

The birthday of the Mother of Cities coincides with the feast of its patron saint: Mass at the Cathedral, a public holiday and cultural events.

ReligiousAsunción, Asunción (Distrito Capital)Featured