Casa Museo Antonio Nariño
Colonial house in Villa de Leyva where the independence precursor Antonio Nariño died in 1823.
Antonio Nariño, translator and clandestine printer of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1794 and one of the intellectual authors of Colombian independence, spent his last months in Villa de Leyva. He rented this single-storey colonial house a short walk from the great cobbled main square and died there on 13 December 1823, in poor health and out of political favour. The building is typical of the town: whitewashed adobe walls, a tiled roof, timber doors and a garden patio behind.
The house is now a museum of the Ministry of Culture, run as part of the national museum network. Rooms are arranged around the story of Nariño's life, his translation and printing of the Rights of Man, his campaigns, imprisonments and the debates of the Congress of Cúcuta. Displays include period furniture, portraits, documents and facsimiles of his printed work, together with the bedroom in which he died. Admission is free and temporary exhibitions and talks are held through the year.
Highlights
- The room in which Antonio Nariño died in December 1823
- Documents on his 1794 translation of the Rights of Man
- Colonial adobe house with garden patio
- Part of Colombia's national network of state museums
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