 San Ignacio, Paraguay

San Ignacio (), also known as San Ignacio Guazú, is a city and district in the Misiones Department of Paraguay, located from Asunción.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.