page_title: Manzana de la Rivera
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Manzana de la Rivera / History
caption_attribution_description: Patio Leonor. Manzana de la Rivera
context_page_description: The Manzana de la Rivera is an antique city block transformed into a museum-library-theater-café complex located in Asunción. It has become a cultural symbol of Paraguay.
context_section_description: After the change of government in 1989, people wanted to restore a few places in town. In this context, a group of architecture students started  the campaign Salvemos la Manzana frente al palacio which means let’s save the city block in front of the government house, opposing a project that intended to demolish it to build a park in its place. The restoration works started in 1991. Its first director was the architect Carlos Colombino.
caption: Patio Leonor
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