Francisco Villa was one of the revolutionaries who sought a change In the political and social system of Mexico, we know; However, far from the history that Mexicans are taught since children, it was a human being who sought the stability of his person. In Chihuahua there is a palace in which he lived and maintained various political and loving meetings.
Today, this home is the Casa de Villa Museum or Historical Museum of the Revolution, which houses temporary collections, as well as a little history referring to the revolutionary period of the country. Of course, he opened thinking about emphasizing the life of the Villa himself to publicize the adventures of the so -called northern Centaur. Also, Chihuahua welcomed Villa for several years, so it was a place with a lot of meaning for him, so it became governor.
For a while, Francisco Villa was protected in Chihuahua For the distance of the place with the CDMX, only then could he feel somewhat calm; Although, unfortunately his stay was reduced to four weeks, he still took a lot of love to the State. From December 1913 to January 1914, Villa found refuge in a house that he rented so as not to hide, so he found a huge home, but very beautiful that he fell in love and later, he bought.
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However, Villa did not buy it then but much earlier. The property was a house built between 1905 and 1907, owned by Mrs. Corina Coupulade, who in turn, sold to Mr. Nicolás Saldivar who used it as a trace of animals. Seeing her, Villa paid her rent and requested permission to build some corralón fences, stables, a boil and a manger, but her visits were so constant that she bought it for the amount of six thousand pesos, although it was also its self -register for having been appointed colonel.
But there was something that was not making him happy and that, for some reason, limited him to really feeling at home, so in 1914, before moving those famous four weeks in it, he was appointed governor of Chihuahua and sent her to remodel and expand. He wanted to live in her knowing that she was made in her style, so she called her: fifth light, in honor of his wife Luz Corral. Santos Vega was the architect in charge of remakeing the Centauro house in the north and added some rooms on the ground floor and on the second floor; He also worked hand in hand with Hilario Berumen, Manuel Portillo and the Italian Mario Ferrer to adapt the decoration to The tastes of Francisco Villa and his wife.