the governor's offices were moved to their new facilities in la alpujarra administrative center. when it stopped being the government headquarters, the building was renamed "rafael uribe uribe palace of culture" in 1987, in honor of colombian general rafael uribe uribe who fought in the thousand days war.[3] some people suggested that the palace became a commercial center, just as had happened with the major seminary (now villanueva commercial center) and the national palace (now known as the national palace mall). others suggested demolishing the palace to build a new building.