Yaguarón (town)
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'''Yaguarón''' is a city in [[Paraguay]], located in the [[Yaguarón District]] of [[Paraguarí Department]], 48 kilometers from [[Asunción]]. The town began as a [[Franciscan]] reservation for the [[Guaraní Indians]].
It contains a famous and visually stunning church, the building of which, led by Fray [[Alonso de Buenaventura]], started in [[1640]] and took 60 years to complete.
Yaguarón is also notable as the birthplace of [[José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia]], dictator of Paraguay [[1814]]–[[1840]], whose strong [[authoritarianism]] earned him the name ''El Supremo.'' His house is now a museum – located only 100 or so meters from the church.
== Sources ==
*[http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-179&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazeteer: Paraguay] – World-Gazetteer.com
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