Piribebuy

Formally known as Capilla Guasú[citation needed], Piribebuy does not have a known foundation date, due to its possible spontaneous origin, and because the official documentation was destroyed in the grand battle of August 12, 1869.

In early times used as a mail-post and spot to rest the horses, the Franciscan Gaspar de Medina constructed, in 1744, a church dedicated to Santo Cristo de los Milagros (Ñandejara Guasu in Guaraní, and in English, Holy Christ of the Miracles).

[3] During the Paraguayan War the city served as the third capital of Paraguay from December 8, 1868 until August 12 of the following year when 1,600 poorly armed men, many of them mere children, spent 5 hours resisting the assault of 20,000 allied Brazilian, Argentine and Uruguayan forces intent on conquest, before finally being overwhelmed[4] At the end of the battle, in which the Hospital de Sangre was burnt down, along with all the wounded inside, many prisoners were decapitated.

[5] In the Guarani language, Piribebuy, more correctly pirĩ vevuĩ, means either "smooth sensation" or "shivers."

The town of Piribebuy is further divided into barrios (Boroughs) of Centro, Santa Ana, San Blas, Maria Auxilliadora and Virgen de Rosario.