Captain Antonio Ricaurte House Museum

The Captain Antonio Ricaurte House Museum located in Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, was occasionally used by the Ricaurte family as a summer resort because it is close to Santa Fé de Bogotá. Captain Antonio Ricaurte was born there on June 10, 1786. After their children grew up, the family left the house and moved to the capital of the Viceroyalty, being abandoned until 1910 when the National Government in honor of the martyr of the combat of San Mateo, took possession of it and used it as the headquarters of the Antonio Ricaurte Agrarian College, which operated until the middle of the 20th century when the academic institution was closed.