Qualla: Ybycuí National Park https://qualla.com/ybycui-national-park en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:58 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Ybycuí National Park https://qualla.com/ybycui-national-park Ybycuí National Park: Introduction https://qualla.com/ybycui-national-park/ Walk far enough along the shaded trails of Ybycuí, past the rosewood and cedar and the white noise of falling water, and you come upon something the forest never made: the brick and iron skeleton of a foundry. This is La Rosada, and the quiet that surrounds it now is a kind of irony. A century and a half ago this clearing roared with furnaces and hammers, casting the cannons that a small nation hoped would keep it alive. Then an army came, and the roaring stopped.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/r/e/ybycui-national-park-wk/6ere-ybycu-national-park-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ybycuí National Park: Water and Forest https://qualla.com/ybycui-national-park/ Ybycuí National Park protects a serene stretch of subtropical woodland in southern Paraguay, the kind of place best visited in the rainy season when the streams run full. It is famous above all for its waterfalls, the saltos, where clear freshwater spills into pools cool enough t...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/r/e/ybycui-national-park-wk/6ere-ybycu-national-park-water-and-forest.mp3 0:06 2 full Ybycuí National Park: The Foundry of a Dreaming Nation https://qualla.com/ybycui-national-park/ La Rosada was among the first iron foundries in South America, established in 1850 and operated by English engineers as part of President Carlos Antonio López's ambitious campaign to industrialize Paraguay. Here the young republic forged the hardware of a modern state: tools, com...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/r/e/ybycui-national-park-wk/6ere-ybycu-national-park-the-foundry-of-a-dreaming-nation.mp3 0:06 3 full Ybycuí National Park: Ruins You Can Walk Through https://qualla.com/ybycui-national-park/ What the soldiers left has been partly restored, and the old workers' quarters now house a small museum displaying the things the foundry once made. The contrast is the whole point of a visit: a place built for fire and industry, reclaimed by green stillness and the sound of wate...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/r/e/ybycui-national-park-wk/6ere-ybycu-national-park-ruins-you-can-walk-through.mp3 0:06 4 full Ybycuí National Park: Reaching the Quiet https://qualla.com/ybycui-national-park/ Ybycuí rewards the effort it takes to get there. From Asunción, the drive runs south on Route 1 to the town of Carepegua, then onto Route 18 toward the park, the pavement giving way to rough dirt tracks that the wet season can turn punishing; inside the park, only sturdy vehicles...

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