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TheBolivianPalace of Government, better known asPalacio Quemado (Spanish:[paˈlasjokeˈmaðo],Burnt Palace), was the official residence of thePresident of Bolivia from 1853 to 2018 and again briefly from 2019 to 2020. It is located in downtownLa Paz onPlaza Murillo, next to theLa Paz Cathedral and across from theBolivian legislature. On 9 August 2018, it was replaced by theCasa Grande del Pueblo as the residence of the president by PresidentEvo Morales. The interim government ofJeanine Áñez briefly reverted to occupying thePalacio Quemado from 2019 until 2020 when the newly electedLuis Arce returned to using the Casa Grande.[1] It now serves as a museum.
Its nickname originates from the fact that it was set aflame and burned almost to the ground during an uprising in 1875.[2] It has since been rebuilt and redecorated a number of times, but the name stuck.
ThePalacio Quemado earned its nickname of the "Burnt Palace" in 1875, when it was badly damaged during a violent revolution.[3] Rebels, who opposed then-PresidentTomás Frías, set the palace alight after they failed to storm it.[3]
In front of thePalacio Quemado is the bust of former PresidentGualberto Villarroel, who was dragged into the plaza by an angry mob and hanged from a lamppost in 1946.[3][4]
The buildings were completed in 1853.[3]
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