History
The house where the Museum is located nowadays was built in 1772 by the Spanish settler Antonio Martínez Sáenz, married to the Paraguayan Petrona Caballero de Bazán. The walls were constructed with adobe; with thatched roof and its framework was made of bamboo and palm wood. The married couple Martínez Sáenz-Caballero de Bazán had two children Pedro Pablo and Sebastián Antonio. Both brothers inherited the house, used it as a joint ownership with their wives Carmen Speratti and Nicolasa Marín, respectively. Besides the two married couples, two young ladies, Facunda Speratti and Virginia Marín, sisters of Carmen and Nicolasa, respectively, lived in the house. The threads of the native history started to interweave around this family.
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