Wender·Vista
Asunción
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileParaguay
on the east bank of the Paraguay River

Asunción

— — the slow heat of the river capital.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“One of the oldest cities in South America, founded in 1537 on a low bluff over the Paraguay River. The historic centre still turns around the Palacio de los López, the Cabildo, and the Panteón Nacional de los Héroes. Subtropical heat hangs over the streets most of the year. River boats run downstream toward the Paraná, and the jacarandas come into blue every spring.

from the studio
Asunción
— bring it home

Asunción, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Asunción

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay, set on the east bank of the Paraguay River across from the Gran Chaco. The metropolitan area holds about 2.3 million people, roughly a third of the country's population. The city was founded on 15 August 1537 by Spanish conquistador Juan de Salazar y Espinosa and served as the mother colony from which Buenos Aires was later resettled. Its centre still concentrates around the Plaza de los Héroes and the riverfront Palacio de los López.

— the stone

The civic core is a quiet concentration of nineteenth-century Italianate stonework. The Palacio de los López, completed in 1892, was modelled after Versailles and now serves as the seat of government. Across the square the Panteón Nacional de los Héroes, finished after the Chaco War, holds the remains of Carlos Antonio López, Francisco Solano López, and the unknown soldiers of two wars. The Cabildo, built in the early nineteenth century as the legislative house, is now the cultural museum of the Republic.

— informed by Senatur Paraguay
— the season

Asunción runs hot. Summer highs from December through February regularly clear 35°C with heavy humidity off the river, and short violent storms cool the city through late afternoon. The pleasant window is May through August: dry, sunny, daytime in the low twenties, occasional cool fronts down from Patagonia. Spring brings the jacarandas into full blue along Avenida Mariscal López and through the central plazas, the city's quiet flower season before the heat returns in November.

— where
Paraguay · Asunción, Capital District
— elevation
43 m · 141 ft
— position
-25.2867° S · 57.6500° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
7 km S
Lambaré
river city
12 km E
Luque
former colonial capital
11 km SE
San Lorenzo
university city
28 km E
Areguá
lakeside town
9 km SE
Fernando de la Mora
metropolitan city
N
Asunción
Lambaré
Luque
San Lorenzo
Areguá
Fernando de la Mora
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Asunción — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Asunción is the capital of Paraguay, on the east bank of the Paraguay River across from the Gran Chaco region of Argentina. It sits at the heart of the South American interior, about 1,100 km upriver from Buenos Aires.

Asunción was founded on 15 August 1537 by Spanish conquistador Juan de Salazar y Espinosa, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in South America. It served as the mother colony from which Buenos Aires was resettled.

Spanish and Guaraní are the two official languages. Guaraní is spoken or understood by the majority of Paraguayans, which makes Paraguay the only country in the Americas where an indigenous language holds equal official status.

The Panteón is the national mausoleum on Plaza de los Héroes in central Asunción. Modelled on Les Invalides in Paris and finished after the Chaco War, it holds the remains of Carlos Antonio López and Francisco Solano López.

Humid subtropical. Summer (December through February) brings highs above 35°C and heavy humidity off the river. Winter (June through August) is dry and mild, with daytime temperatures in the low twenties and occasional cool surges from Patagonia.

The Asunción metropolitan area holds about 2.3 million people, roughly a third of Paraguay's total population. The city proper is smaller, around 525,000, set on low bluffs above the river and bounded inland by the Mariano Roque Alonso district.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The capital is the country's symbolic centre, and the Palacio de los López and Panteón are recognisable to anyone from Paraguay or the wider diaspora. A Medium or Large with a handwritten studio note carries well.

The warm sandstone tones and river-grey background sit well in Latin-modern interiors, terracotta-and-cream Mediterranean rooms, and book-heavy studies with leather and dark wood. The palette is warm but quiet.

Yes. The Latin-modern movement out of São Paulo and Buenos Aires favours warm earth tones, river light, and South American civic imagery in place of European postcards. Asunción fits the vocabulary directly.

A single Large reads cleanly above a standard three-seat sofa. The 4-tile Mural carries the riverfront across a wider wall, and the 9-tile Mural suits a stairwell or a tall hall.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and handle the humidity of a bath wall or the splash zone behind a sink without affecting the colour.

A soft microfibre cloth and clean water. No solvents, no abrasive pads, no glass cleaner. The colour lives in the surface, so normal cleaning will not lift it.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is original to our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license outside artwork or resell stock images. Reid Wender curates and paints the atlas, one place at a time.

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