MUSEO CASA DE MURILLO

Don Pedro Domingo Murillo was the most important figure of the liberation war. He was the leader of the emancipation movement and on July 16, 1809, he launched the first revolutionary cry(el primer grito). He was taken prisoner by the Spaniards and sentenced to be hanged.

Before dying, he pronounced the famous sentence: "I am dying, but the torch that I lit, nobody will be able to put it out Sixteen years later, Bolivia became a free and independent nation from the Spanish crown. In 1944, the city council decided to expropriate the house that had been Murillo's. The ruined building from the early 19th century was then restored by the architect Mier Revilla, who took care to recreate the original atmosphere. The beautiful two-story house, now declared a national monument, was converted into a museum in 1953. All the rooms are open to the public. On the first floor, objects of Bolivian folklore, musical instruments, aboriginal masks and typical costumes are exhibited. One room is dedicated to the medicinal folklore of Charazani, a Quechua region in the area of Lake Titicaca, known for its witch doctors, the Kallawayas. Another room exhibits objects from Europe. Next to it is the Conspiracy Room, probably named after the office where Murillo spent long hours in meditation. Then there are three rooms: the Colonial Room, the Iconographic Room and the Picture Gallery. The Casa de Murillo is a must-see.