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Christianity is the predominant religion in Paraguay, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. Before the arrival of Spanish missionaries , the people residing in the territory of modern day Paraguay practiced a variety of religions.
Marco was born at Cremona, then part of the Duchy of Milan.He was the son of the consular (patrician) Guglielmo Vida, and Leona Oscasale. He had two brothers: Giorgio, a captain in the service of the Republic of Venice, and Girolamo, a canon of the cathedral chapter of Cremona.
Paraguay (/ ˈ p ær ə ɡ w aɪ /; Spanish pronunciation: [paɾaˈɣwaj] ⓘ), officially the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guarani: Paraguái Tavakuairetã), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.
The Universidad Columbia del Paraguay (Columbia University of Paraguay) is a private university. It was founded in 1943, but it obtained the title of university only in 1991. In 60 years it had more than 200,000 students.
According to data in the National Census of Population and Housing of the year 2012, carried out by the Dirección General de Estadísticas, Encuestas y Censos (today Instituto Nacional de Estadística), the most spoken languages in Paraguayan homes are: 46.3% Spanish and Guaraní (or Jopara), 34% only Guaraní, and 15.3% only Spanish; the rest ...
Salto del Guairá; San Alberto; San Bernardino; San Cosme y Damián; San Estanislao; San Ignacio; San José de los Arroyos; San Juan Bautista de Ñeembucú
A 2020 survey found that there are more than 200 Mennonite colonies across 9 Latin American countries, with 25 in Paraguay alone. [9]Mennonite colonies are located in two quite different parts of Paraguay with quite different clime and natural resources: in the hot and dry Gran Chaco region (West), and the milder and more humid in Eastern Paraguay. [10]
The San Ignacio Cathedral, Misiones, Paraguay. It was founded on December 29, 1609 by the Jesuit Priests Marcial de Lorenzana and Francisco de San Martín, accompany by Cacique (native word for “chief”) Arapysandú, who took them to his lands, where they built an altar and celebrated the first mass.