ARCHBISHOP OR CARDINALS PALACE
Carrera 7 Calle 10 Esquina
  Next to Sagrario chapel, a tower like three story building known as Cardinal Palace, formerly Archbishop Palace. Designed by architect Rodríguez Orgaz and inaugurated in 1953. During the colony and up to early XX century the home classical supports. Were the residence and home of Royal Customs, prison and offices during the re-conquest period by “Pacifier” Pablo Morillo and Viceroy Juan Sámano, death sentences against many patriots were dictated there.

Facing house windows on the plaza where many patriots were shot against the wall, the most notable among them Policarpa Salavarrieta and her fiancé Alejo Sabaraín, Manuel Rodríguez Torres, Antonio Baraya and Count Felipe de Valencia.

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