Manzana de la Rivera
Block of nine restored colonial and republican houses facing the Palacio de los López.
The Manzana de la Rivera is a city block of nine houses built between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, standing opposite the Palacio de los López on the edge of the old riverside quarter. The city of Asunción acquired and restored the group on the initiative of the painter and architect Carlos Colombino, opening it as a municipal cultural centre in 1993. The complex now carries his name and links the houses through linked courtyards, gardens and terraces looking towards the Paraguay river.
The oldest of the houses, the eighteenth-century Casa Viola, holds the Museo Memoria de la Ciudad, opened in 1996, whose rooms trace the growth of Asunción through maps, photographs, furniture and printing equipment. Other houses contain the municipal library, exhibition rooms, a documentation centre on the city and an auditorium used for concerts, film screenings and theatre. The Patio Leonor and the Casa Castelvi are among the best preserved spaces, and admission to the museum and the courtyards is free.
Highlights
- Museo Memoria de la Ciudad in the eighteenth-century Casa Viola
- Nine restored houses linked by courtyards and gardens
- Municipal library and documentation centre on Asunción
- Auditorium and exhibition rooms used for the city's cultural programme
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