The Palace of Government or the Palace of Kemado is the official residence of the President of Bolivia. The building is located in the center of La Paz, on Piazza Murillo, next to the Cathedral and the Legislative Palace, which houses the Parliament of Bolivia. The Palace of Government is often called the Palace of Kemado (Burned Palace), the building received this name after it was burned in September 1875, during the uprising against President Thomas Frias Ametlier. Since then, the palace has been rebuilt many times, but the nickname has remained. The construction of the first palace building in the colonial style was carried out in 1551-1562, 12,000 pesos for its construction were borrowed from the Viceroy of Peru, Andres Hurtado de Mendoza. In 1781 the palace was rebuilt - there was a courtyard and a grand staircase, arcades were built around the first floor, on the upper floor - galleries and arches. In the basement of the palace was a city prison, which contained not only criminals, but also political prisoners. In 1810, Pedro Domingo Murillo, a fighter for the independence of Bolivia, was hanged in prison. The Kemado Palace since 1825, after the victory of Simon Bolivar over the Spanish colonial troops and Bolivia's conquest of independence, began to be called the Government Palace. In 1845, by order of President José Balivian, the old palace building was demolished, and in its place, according to the project of architect Jose Núñez del Prado, the construction of a new neoclassical palace was started. The work was completed in 1853, the Government Palace was inaugurated by President Isidoro Belsu, who a few years later will die on its steps during the uprising against President Mariano Melgarejo. After the fire of 1875 that destroyed the building, its reconstruction was carried out from 1882 to 1889. At the end of the work, the Government Palace became officially called the Presidential Residence. In 1946, a drama broke out within its walls - during a nationwide uprising against President Gualberto Villarroel, a supporter of Nazi Germany and the initiator of brutal repressions against the Bolivian intelligentsia, an angry crowd burst into the palace and threw the president from the balcony to Murillo Square, where he was hanged on a lantern pillar. In the second half of the XX - beginning of the XXI centuries, the building was restored and modernized several times. The protocol internal premises are the Red, Main and Mirror Halls, the President’s Office, the Main Dining Room, the Presidential Hall. On the third floor are the office and the President’s private quarters.