Nueva Italia, Paraguay Nueva Italia, Paraguay Nueva Italia (Spanish for "New Italy") is a town in the Central Department of Paraguay. Nueva Italia was created in 1904 by the Paraguay government in order to establish some colonists from Italy and their 18 families in a farming area 40 km south of the capital Asunción. However also some German and Ucranian emigrants moved to live there. The first manager-administrator of this "Colonia Nueva Italia" (as was officially named) was the Italian count Enrico Statella. After WW1 many Italians returned to Italy or moved to the capital Asuncion, but the settlement -after an initial crisis-
San Salvador, Paraguay San Salvador, Paraguay San Salvador is a district of the Guairá Department, Paraguay. It is located in 18 kilometers southwest of Villarrica, the capital of the department, over the old train rails. It's also known as the former Borja station. The activities of the inhabitants are agricultural and cattle growing. Every January 6 the streets are decorated and the people gets ready for the Mass directed by the Bishop of the Villarrica Dioceses. Every year the people celebrate the party honoring its saint patron Child Savior of the World. His image could be found in the church of the same