Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption It is the main Catholic church in Asunción. It is located in the neighborhood La Catedral, in the historic center of the capital of Paraguay.- Type: Cathedral
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church in Asunción, Paraguay
- Also known as: “Asunción Cathedral”, “Asunciongo katedrala”, “Asunsjono katedra”, “Asunsjono Švč. Mergelės Marijos Dangun Ėmimo metropolinė katedra”, “Catedral de Asunción”, “Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción”, “Catedral Metropolitana de Asuncion”, “Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción”, “Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption”, and “Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Asunción”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral and Cultural Center of the Republic.
Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral
Church
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of the Blessed Assumption is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Paraguay. It was created as the Diocese of Paraguay by Pope Paul III on July 1, 1547, and was elevated to the rank…
Cultural Center of the Republic
Museum
The Cultural Center of the Republic in Asunción, Paraguay, operates in the building of the Town Council, and has as main purpose the strengthening of conscience in all the matters that have to do with national history, and gives the building where it resides the value of a monument. Cultural Center of the Republic is situated 230 metres northwest of Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral.
Municipal Theatre Ignacio A. Pane
Theater building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Catedral and San Roque.
Catedral
Neighborhood
La Catedral is a barrio of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. It has a population of 3,676 people and it is located next to the Paraguay River and other barrios such as La Encarnación, General Díaz, San Roque and Ricardo Brugada.
Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral
- Categories: Catholic cathedral, heritage site, building, historic site, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Asunción, Southern Paraneña, Paraguay, South America
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Latitude
-25.2816° or 25° 16′ 54″ south
Longitude
-57.63246° or 57° 37′ 57″ west
Open location code
5864P999+92
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=cathedral
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritage_building
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religious
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholic
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Tagalog—“Our Lady of Asunción Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Andre Mariaren Jasokundearen katedral metropolitarra”
- Basque: “Asunciongo katedral metropolitarra”
- Chinese: “亞松森主教座堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه متروبوليتان لسيده العذراء اسونسيون”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Asunción”
- Italian: “cattedrale di Nostra Signora dell’Assunzione”
- Italian: “Cattedrale di Nostra Signora dell’Assunzione”
- Lithuanian: “Asunsjono metropolinė katedra”
- Polish: “Katedra metropolitalna Matki Boskiej Wniebowziętej w Asunción”
- Portuguese: “Catedral Metropolitana de Assunção”
- Romanian: “Catedrala din Asunción”
- Russian: “Кафедральный собор Асунсьона”
- Russian: “Столичный кафедральный собор Асунсьона”
- Spanish: “Catedral metropolitana de Asunción”
- Spanish: “Catedral Metropolitana de Asunción”
- Tagalog: “Katedral ng Asunción”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Subsecretaría de Estado de Tributación (SET) and Arzobispado.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Católica and 1068 Santa Luisa de Marillac.
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