Caacupé (;
Guarani: ''Ka'akupe'', literally: "Behind the Mount") is a city and district in
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
. It is the capital of the
department
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Government and military
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of
Cordillera
A cordillera is an extensive chain and/or network system of mountain ranges, such as those in the west coast of the Americas. The term is borrowed from Spanish, where the word comes from , a diminutive of ('rope').
The term is most commonly us ...
.
The town was founded in 1770 by Carlos Murphy, a grenadier in the service of King
Charles III of Spain
it, Carlo Sebastiano di Borbone e Farnese
, house = Bourbon-Anjou
, father = Philip V of Spain
, mother = Elisabeth Farnese
, birth_date = 20 January 1716
, birth_place = Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain
, death_d ...
, although a first settlement existed here from the 17th century.
[''"Places of Peace and Power – Caacupé"'' – SacredSites.com]
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The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Caacupé. Caacupé is best known as the site of the , Saint Patron of Paraguay. The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles, Caacupé stands in the centre of the town. A major religious festival is held annually on 8 December in honour of the statuette "Our Lady of the Miracles". This statuette, carved in the 16th century by a devout convert, was miraculously saved from a great flood, and numerous miracles are ascribed to it.
Photogallery
Image:Caacupe3.jpg, Basilica of Caácupe
Image:Caacupe4.jpg, Inside view of the basilica.
Image:Caacupe5.jpg, Pilgrims
File:Basílica de Caacupé.jpg, Aerial Panoramic view of Basílica de Caacupé
References
External list
Official website
Caacupé District
Populated places established in 1770
1770 establishments in the Spanish Empire
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