Father
Roque González y de Santa Cruz established a town called Anunciación de Itapúa on 25 March 1615, but ten years later the settlement was moved to the other side of the
Paraná River to the present location of
Encarnación, Paraguay. The first settlement was not completely abandoned, and a new San José reduction was settled there in 1628. In 1867, during the
Paraguayan War, the Brazilians set up the Trinchera de San José military base there. Following the end of the war, Paraguay renounced all claims to the area, and in 1879, the town was renamed after
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, the Supreme Director of the
Argentine Confederation (1814). On 22 December 1881, the limits of the Misiones Federation were drawn, leaving Posadas within the territory of current
Corrientes Province. On 30 July 1884 the
National Congress decided to give Posadas to Misiones Province, and name it its capital. The
National University of Misiones was established at Posadas in 1973, and in 1990, the city's cultural and economic links to Encarnación were strengthened with the completion of the
San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge. ==Public transportation==