The landmark of the Three Borders, in Foz do Iguaçu (PR), counts since January 28 with an additional attraction for tourists and residents who visit the place where Brazil demarcates its territory with neighboring Paraguay and Argentina. A 27-meter-high Ferris wheel allows a privileged view of the region where the Paraná and Iguaçu rivers meet, as well as the Brazilian obelisk of the Triple Frontier.

There are 18 enclosed cabins that can carry up to 108 people simultaneously. Each cabin carries six tourists and, following the accessibility program of the Iguaçu National Park, the Ferris wheel also offers special gondolas for wheelchair users. The attraction will work until the 28th, from 16h to 22h.

The Three Borders Landmark, inaugurated on July 20, 1903, is one of the main symbols of the region of Foz do Iguaçu. The tourist attraction establishes the sovereignty and the territorial limit of Brazil with Argentina and Paraguay. The landmark is prior to the political emancipation of the city of Foz do Iguaçu (1914), now one of the main tourist destinations in Brazil. The Brazilian landmark is green and yellow. Across the border, Argentina and Paraguay also erected obelisks with the colors of neighboring countries.

Those who visit the site also find the Cabeza de Vaca Memorial on the history of the region of Foz do Iguaçu and the Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, who would have been the first white man to “discover” in 1542, the Iguassu Falls, a of the wonders of nature, World Natural Heritage of Unesco. During the tour, the visitor is immersed in a technological projection that narrates details of the rich history of the formation of one of the most enchanting places in the world. The sensory experience allows the tourist to be involved with the cultural, historical, political and geological formation of the encounter between three countries and two rivers.

Another local attraction is the Scenic Village of the Jesuit Missions of the Three Borders Landmark. The village depicts the Spanish colonization system of the region that was inhabited by the Guaranis. The estimate is that a population equivalent to 100,000 Indians has been catechized in 30 Jesuit missions between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Touring the surroundings of the tourist complex, tourists “travel” in time in a historical setting that revives the environment without frontiers occupied by the Jesuits, where the Indians lived in the 16th and 17th centuries. The landmark of the Three Frontier still offers multicolored lights, water curtain and cultural presentations, as well as restaurant, for those who visit the attractive at night.

Source and photo: Ministry of Tourism