HOUSE OF MANUELITA SAENZ

Manuela Sáenz Aizpuru was a patriot and Quito girlfriend of Simon Bolivar, recognized by contemporary Spanish American independence historiography as heroin Independence South America.


It is also known as Manuelita Sáenz and as "Liberator of the Liberator" for his decisive action defending Simon Bolivar during an attack against them.

Criticized, denigrated and ignored and banished by his contemporaries and even decades after his death, only the mid-twentieth century Manuela Sáenz began to be claimed as heroine and hero in the quest for independence or as a precursor of feminism in America America. In any case, almost two centuries after his death, is a character that continues even arousing hatred or love and causing debates and controversias.

       HER HOUSE

The Museum of Regional Costumes of Colombia was founded in 1972 by Edith Jiménez Muñoz, belongs to the American University, is currently located in the House of Manuela Sáenz in the historic center of the city of Bogotá.
In this house the permanent collection is a sample of peasant costumes and indigenous communities, as well as ethnographic objects and traditional arts.





One of the attractions of the museum is the equity value of the house plus its rich history. Having been inhabited by Manuela Sáenz in the nineteenth century, this is certainly one of the hallmarks of the museum.