Arts and Culture
The city has a History Museum where carved wood images and stone sculptures are displayed. In the city's centennial a great cross was installed next to the church by the riverside.
The poet F. Aguiar described the melancholic feeling that arises when being away from this land in a beautiful song, "Villa Florida". Hilarión Correa composed the music. More references are available in Música Paraguaya.org.py The famous harpist Kike Pedersen also born in Villa Florida, where his artistic family resided.
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