Fundación Isana - Casa Museo La Vorágine
The Casa Museo La Vorágine stands in Orocué, on the banks of the Meta River, which at the beginning of the twentieth century was Colombia's first international port. Built in 1898 by Teodoro Jacinto Amézquita, in 1918 the house hosted José Eustasio Rivera, who had come as a lawyer for a dispute between cattle estates. Here Rivera found the inspiration for La Vorágine, the novel that in 1924 denounced the enslavement of rubber workers. For ninety-two years Isabel Amézquita, known as Chavita, safeguarded its memory. Restored by the Isana Foundation, the house has been a museum since 2018. The tour tells the story of the port and the llanero culture, the denunciation of the rubber trade, the life of Chavita and the daily life of Orocué, through original documents, period objects and artworks inspired by the novel.
Carrera 5 # 4- 25 Orocué, Casanare, ColombiaAvailable itineraries
La Vorágine House Museum
In May 1918, a twenty-nine-year-old lawyer arrived in Orocué to settle a land dispute between two cattle estates. His name was José Eustasio Rivera, and in this house on the banks of the Meta River he found the inspiration for La Vorágine. You will walk through the rooms of the Amézquita family and discover the port from which heron feathers and sarrapia set out for Europe. You will hear the cauchero Clemente Silva tell of the slavery of rubber, and you will enter Chavita's room, who guarded this memory for ninety-two years. Stop and listen: in every room there is a voice waiting for you.
Children and Families
A tour for children and families through a house on the plains where the story of a great novel was born.
