Bolivia’s House of Freedom, where its declaration of independence is kept, is in Sucre.
The building, known in Spanish as Casa de la Libertad, stands in Sucre’s central Plaza 25 de Mayo. It was originally a chapel belonging to a Jesuit complex and later served as the aula magna of the University of San Francisco Xavier.
On 6 August 1825, representatives of Upper Peru signed the act establishing Bolivia’s independence there. The building also hosted Bolivia’s first constituent congress and remained the meeting place of the national legislature until 1898. Today, its Independence Hall displays the historic document and operates as a museum.
A common mix-up is La Paz, Bolivia’s seat of government and administrative capital. Sucre remains the constitutional capital and the judicial capital, while La Paz hosts the executive and legislative branches. The city was formerly called Chuquisaca and was renamed Sucre in honor of independence leader Antonio José de Sucre.