Palacio Quemado

The interim government of Jeanine Áñez briefly reverted to occupying the Palacio Quemado from 2019 until 2020 when the newly elected Luis Arce returned to using the Casa Grande.

Its nickname originates from the fact that it was set aflame and burned almost to the ground during an uprising in 1875.

The Palacio Quemado earned its nickname of the "Burnt Palace" in 1875, when it was badly damaged during a violent revolution.

[3] Rebels, who opposed then-President Tomás Frías, set the palace alight after they failed to storm it.

[3] In front of the Palacio Quemado is the bust of former President Gualberto Villarroel, who was dragged into the plaza by an angry mob and hanged from a lamppost in 1946.

The Palacio Quemado , La Paz
La Paz: clock on the facade of Palacio Quemado, in Plaza Murillo
Clock on the facade of Palacio Quemado
The lamppost where Gualberto Villarroel was hanged