MUSEO FRANCISCO VILLA

It is an emblematic building of the golden age of mining (built between 1785 and 1798), built in a discreet baroque style as the residence of Juan José Zambrano, where this rich miner lived until his death in 1816; at the time, this building, still imposing today because of its size, occupied the entire block. After independence, the descendants of the wealthy Zambrano had to rent it out in parts before their precious property was expropriated by the governor in 1857; the building soon became the seat of the executive power and the residence of the governors. It houses frescoes relating the history of the country and the state, created by Don Francisco Montoya de La Cruz, Manuel Guillermo de Lourdes and José Luis Sandoval during the second half of the 20th century. Since 2013, a magnificent museum has been installed there, which traces the life of the revolutionary Pancho Villa, born in 1878 in the north of the city of Durango. This museum is without a doubt the most successful in the city. As soon as you enter, the warmth of its patio welcomes visitors and the best thing to do is to go to the back room detailing the history of the building. Then the sixteen-room tour dedicated to the revolution through the prism of the character Pancho Villa unfolds between the two patios on the ground floor and the first floor. The whole is magnificently arranged, and one finds as well personal objects, photographs, maps, texts and a whole heap of fascinating information.