Misiones

Misiones Capital

San Juan Bautista

Capital of the Misiones department, on the PY01, 196 km from Asunción. It is the birthplace of guitarist Agustín Pío Barrios, Mangoré, and the house where he spent his childhood preserves family and period objects. In the center, the cathedral faces Plaza Mariscal Estigarribia, surrounded by old houses with galleries. It is the town of the batiburrillo and the base for visiting the Jesuit museums of San Ignacio Guazú and Santa María de Fe.