SEDE DEL MUSEO
PINTURA MURAL DE LA CASA
Casa del Marqués
de San Jorge
La llamada casa del Marqués de
San Jorge fue construida a finales
del siglo XVII. Su propietario por 48
años fue don Jorge Miguel Lozano
de Peralta, beneficiado con el título
de Marqués de San Jorge en 1787.
Perteneció entre otros a don
Manuel de Bernardo Álvarez, fiscal
de la Real Audiencia. Fue donada
por la familia Restrepo Sáenz a las
religiosas adoratrices quienes
después de 27 años la vendieron al
Banco Popular que la restauró y
convirtió en el Museo actual en
1973.
La casa es una joya arquitéctonica
representativa de la arquitectura
colonial santafereña, con detalles
de expresión pictórica (pintura
mural), encontrados en la
restauración de 1994.
Fondo de Promoción de la Cultura
La casa del Marqués de San Jorge,
which was built towards the end of
the 17th century, is a Spanish
colonial mansion located in the
historical sector of Bogota.
For 48 years the residence
belonged to don Jorge Miguel
Lozano de Peralta, who had been
granted the title of “The Marquis of
San Jorge” by the Spanish Crown
in 1787.
As years went by the mansion
belonged to, among others, the
Prosecutor-General of the Spanish
colonial government. Don Manuel
de Bernardo Alvarez, before
eventually coming into the hands of
the Restrepo-Saenz family, this
family in turn sold the mansion to
the Sisters of the Adoration, an
order of Catholic nuns. After
residing 27 years within
the walls of the casa del Marques
San Jorge, the Catholic Sisters
sold the site to the Colombian bank,
Banco Popular, which restored the
grounds and buildings and founded
the archeological museum which
currently occupies the premises
since 1973.
The mansion stands as a reminder
of the classic Spanish colonial
architecture that was once
prevalent in the city of Santa Fe de
Bogota. In 1994, during restoration
operations, colonial murals were
salvaged on numerous walls
throughout the residence.