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National Pantheon of Heroes
The National Pantheon of Heroes and oratory of the Virgin Our Lady Saint Mary of the Assumption which is between Palma and Chile streets in downtown of the capital ofParaguay, is a must for all tourists and foreign delegations arriving visit to Paraguay and Asuncion. It is, at once, an architectural gem of great artistic, cultural and heritage.

In October 1863,then-President Francisco Solano López, ordered the construction of the chapel of the Virgin of the Assumption, was designed by the Italian architect Alejandro Ravizza, in collaboration with the builderGiácomo Colombino. But as a result of the War of the Triple Alliance, the unfinished building and scaffolding for over 70 years. Only after the Chaco War in 1936 was able to finish and was inauguratedon October 12 of that year, to make it by presidential decree in National Pantheon of Heroes.

Under pressure from the church hierarchy and citizens devoted to the Virgin, which is considered farMariscala Patroness of Paraguay and its hosts, Dr. Félix Paiva is forced to restore the Oratory of Our Lady of the Assumption in 1937 and at the same time remained National Pantheon of Heroes. ByDecree No. 895/1993 of the Archbishop of Asunción, was appointed Rector Monsignor Hannibal Rachid Oratory of Our Lady of the Assumption and therefore the National Pantheon.
Historical and cultural valueThe national pantheon of heroes is the replica Paraguayan "Les Invalides" Parisians. The work is inspired, according to some historians, the Dome of the Hospice of Les Invalides in Paris, in thebasilica of Santa Maria of Carignano and the Four Nations College.

The National Cemetery is the mausoleum of the country, where lie the remains of some heroes of Paraguayan history as Don CarlosAntonio Lopez (1st Constitutional President), Mariscal Francisco Solano López, José Félix Estigarribia Mariscal (hero and winner of the Chaco War against Bolivia) and his wife. In addition, the child...