CASA DE NARIÑO

The Palacio de Nariño or the Casa Nariño is the official place were many of the president of Colombia had live. The Casa de Nariño is located in the historical center of Bogota in the Carrere 8ª N° 7-26.

INFORMATION!!

Is open from: 8:00 am to 5:45 pm
On Monday to Friday

Telephone
018000913666 or (571) 5629300

In the casa de Nariño you can’t enter cameras because they can damage some old things. Only are photos of the outside part.
Bogotá, Colombia

HISTORY!!

La casa de nariño was build on the lands where was th nariño's family house and that is why is the casa de nariño, in that time that house costed 5,200 patacones. On rafael reyes goverment he said that one that house to be the goverment house, many presidents wanted but others wanted to continue living in the San Carlos palace. Finally, in the 1980 was reinagurated and the president contracted the architects Gaston de Learge and Julian Lombana to make some changes and in Eduardo Santos goverment built the 3 floor and the heliport.


In the gardens there is the national astronomic observatory that was design by Fray Domingo De Petres in 1803 and was a student of Jose Celestino Mutis.

ROOMS!!

La casa de Nariño is a very turistic place there is were is the Colombian's president live, the house has floors the first 2 floors are a turistic place and the third one is only for the president and his familys.

This are the most importants rooms:

The arms square
Bolivar's room
Esmeralds room
Yellow room
The honor stairs
The couple yards
Nariño's room
Luis xv room
Protocolario room
The blue room
The vireinal room
Chapel

FOLDING THE FLAG!!

The battalion of infantry number 37 is in charge of the ceremony of folding the flag of Colombia, this is a very significant act because is the only time in the day when all the battalion that are guarding the casa de Nariño are in the same place.The battalion that is in charge of the ceremony act is integrated of: 29 officers 116warrant officers 1,189 soldiers 66 civilians in total the battalion is integrate of 1,400 persons.

Banda de Guerra Guardia Presidencial (casa de nariño)

SECURITY!!

The casa de nariño is very important ecause it was the place were all the family of Antonio Nariño lived for 30 years also because that was the place were all the presidents had live.The security of the casa de nariño is very strict because, when Uribe was select to be the president in 2002, the guerrilla throw a bomb to the casa de Nariño;when this happened the security was increase.