"Big Power" Top 5 Page for this destination Paraguay Things to Do Tip by eduar68

Located 14km north of Ciudad del Este, at the Brazilian-Paraguayan border and not far from Argentina and Iguassu Falls, the hydro-power complex of Itaipu is an engineering marvel. The volume of iron and steel utilized in the Dam structure would be enough to build 380 Eiffel Towers, and the volume of concrete used in Itaipú represents 15 times the volume utilized to build the Channel Tunnel between France and England. Itaipú alone responded for 25% of the energy supply in Brazil and 78% in Paraguay with zero emissions. A single building capable of providing electric power to most of the state of California. Construction was also an Herculean task. To buid the dam, it was necesary to shift the course of the Parana River (the seventh biggest river in the world by the way).
Guided tours including movies about the construction are available at either the Brazilian or the Paraguayan side in spanish, portuguse and english and as far as I remember it was free of any cost

Address: North of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
Website: http://www.itaipu.gov.br/