I was to meet my guide here at the Panteón Nacional de los Héroes.
“In October 1863, the then president Francisco Solano López ordered the construction of the chapel of the Virgin of the Asuncion, which was designed by Italian architect Alejandro Ravizza, in collaboration with the builder Giacomo Colombino.
“But as a result of the War of the Triple Alliance, the building remained unfinished and scaffolded for over 70 years. Only after the Chaco War in 1936 was it possible to finish and it was inaugurated on October 12 of that year, to become by presidential decree the National Pantheon of Heroes.”