to the long distance and the lack of communication. The history of the fort records episodes of hunger, misery and abandon. Shipments of food from Concepción were irregular and insufficient. There are records that troops from the fort participated in the 1810 fight against the invasion of general Belgrano. On that occasion, the fort was abandoned; the Mbayás took possession of it and later also the Brazilian forces of Coimbra. The Junta Superior Gubernativa (Superior Government Council), instituted by the revolutionaries in 1811 after the independence of the country, called Fernando de la Mora to recover the fort by force, which was not necessary because the Portuguese retreated and it was given back to the Paraguayans. During the dictatorship of Rodríguez de Francia, around 1817, the fort was reinforced with a stone wall three kilometers long and new housing was built for the occupants. Current times Since 1823, was renamed as Fort Olimpo in demonstration of the breaking bonds with the Spanish Crown. Nowadays, the remains of the impressive defensive wall can still be found, and from the top of it, it’s possible to have a strategic view of great of the Paraguay River. With the new political distribution in 1992, the town of Fort Olimpo became the capital of the Alto Paraguay department and this, the place of the town council. It comprehends the districts of Puerto La Victoria (previously named Puerto Casado) and Mayor Pablo Lagerenza. References Archivo Nacional de Asunción. Diversos “El fuerte de Borbón, luego Olimpo”. Carlos Pussineri Scala External links SENATUR Populated places in Paraguay Military history of Paraguay Alto Paraguay Department