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Paraguay Railroad Timeline:

Time of Lopez:

1854: begin efforts to build a railway line during the presidency of Don Carlos Antonio López .

1861: opening the service to transport passengers from Central Station to Trinidad. (Botanical Garden)

1864: the service is enabled to Cerro León, then comes up Paraguarí.

1864-1870: War of the Triple Alliance against Paraguay during this conflict, the Central Station became a field hospital, like other public buildings. A sad story referred to from this place the wounded of the war saw the funeral of Gen. Joseph Hedwig Diaz, who had died shortly after the Battle of Curupayty.

After the war, the Railroad is sold to pay the public debt and a debt to Brazil.

1886: President Bernardino Caballero retrieves the railway to the Paraguayan State. In August of that year authorized the hiring company Patri and continue with the work between Paraguarí and Villarrica.

the British Period:

1887: during the government of Patricio Escobar, authorizing the sale of the railway from Asuncion to Villarrica.

1889: in April, the company "The Paraguay Central Railway Co." signs construction contracts based on equity issuers.

1887 - 1894: stations are built Sapukay, Caballero, Ybytymi Hyaty, Villarrica, Borja, Iturbe, Maciel, Sosa and Yegros.

1891: opens the stretch to the Rio Pirapó Paraguarí.

1894: Building is completed Sapukay workshops.

1907: the British company remains as the sole owner of the railroad.

1909: changed the old double rails fungus and provides rolling stock, locomotives and thirty-four eight-car trains.

1911: the line is to Encarnación.

1913: opening the service to Encarnación.

1914: the service is enabled to Bob and Char, today Eugenio A. Garay.

1919: the same branch is extended to Abaí.

1951, the government intervenes the railroad by the technical deficiencies and services, in order to improve the system.

1959: The company performs a service stop and interventionist government forces her to keep taking care of the budget deficit.

The power of the State Railroad:

1961: Paraguayan government purchase the railroad and all property in 2,000,000 pounds ten year period, without interest.

1964: the company was nationalized and creates the President Carlos Antonio Lopez Railway.

1991: the railroad company becomes subject to privatization.

1999: Trains leave from work for scheduled passenger traffic.

2000: FCCAL declaring the State as a public entity in reform and transformation.

2001: the entity is operated with a view to the transformation process and preparation for transfer to private hands.

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Independence House

This

building located between 14 May and Pres. Franco (Asunción) in 1811 belonged to the brothers Martinez Saenz, who in turn had inherited from his father. The building dates from 1772.

In this house, from the May 14, 1965 the Museum Historical House of Independence. " The same has five rooms arranged around the central courtyard. While the entrance is a mural of ceramic José Parodi representing the most outstanding buildings and places of the colonial era Asuncion.

Let
part of this historical relic:

; The desktop: where are seen documents from the colonial era, a desk that was Fernando de la Mora, and several boxes of Paraguayan artists.

The dining: here you can see several colonial furniture, household utensils, objects of cavalry and some very Highlights: Fulgencio Yegros sword. You can find the portrait of Dr. France.

The room: room has a set of European origin dating from 1830, a crystal chandelier (you can see the back of 10 000 tickets Guarani), a wood and bronze brazier and portraits of two heroes of the independence: Pedro Juan Caballero and Fulgencio Yegros.

The bedroom: a bed more than an embroidered shirt that belonged to Fernando de la Mora, his portrait is also a colonial cabinet, chair, health and image of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception.

The oratory is preserved in this part of PM Jesuit and Franciscan religious as well as various objects of different origin. The portrait of Francisco Xavier Bogarín Prebístero can also be seen in this room.

The corridor exhibiting two large carved wooden boards originating in the Jesuit missions.

The patio: a portion of the Note of July 20, 1811 written on a ceramic mural Parodi, a sun clock Jesuit mission of Santa Rosa's mound covering the remains of Juan Bautista Rivarola can be seen in this part of the Casa de la Independencia.

Hall Chapter: is a replica of the old chapter room Cabildo of Asuncion.

Alley History: Without a doubt, is the most significant part of the house, then there came the Men of Independence on the night of May 14, 1811 to mark the start of the Independence of Paraguay.

Come visit this beautiful place in the heart of Asuncion!

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