The Town Hall

The Town Hall of Valencia

The Town Hall of Valencia is a majestic building that dominates the central square, seat of the municipality. The Valencia audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this palace with a fine façade, which also shelters a historical museum, a symbol of the municipal power of the town.

The municipal palace of the central square

The Town Hall of Valencia, the Ayuntamiento, is the seat of the municipality and one of the major buildings that line the great central square to which it gives its name. This vast palace results from the union of buildings of different eras: an old part, inherited from an institution of the Ancien Régime, and a monumental main façade built at the beginning of the twentieth century in an eclectic and neo-baroque style, richly adorned with sculptures, balconies and a clock tower. This fine façade, symmetrical and imposing, illustrates the prosperity of Valencia at that time. Inside, the building shelters sumptuous ceremonial salons, including the famous balcony from which the official speeches are pronounced, as well as the municipal historical museum, which keeps documents, works and objects retracing the history of the town, including the historic flag of the town. Seat of power and witness of municipal history, the Town Hall of Valencia is a fine stop of the discovery of the town.

What to see

You admire the majestic municipal palace that dominates the central square, uniting an old part and a monumental façade of the beginning of the twentieth century of eclectic and neo-baroque style, adorned with sculptures, balconies and a clock tower, which shelters sumptuous ceremonial salons and the municipal historical museum keeping the historic flag of the town. The Town Hall is a symbol of Valencia. It is a stop to be discovered, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Town Hall lies on the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, in the heart of Valencia, reachable on foot. You admire its façade from the square; it is an official building whose interior access and museum follow their own hours and conditions, which vary. It is best to check them before coming.

What is the Town Hall of Valencia?

The seat of the municipality, a majestic palace that dominates the central square; it unites an old part and a monumental façade of the beginning of the twentieth century of eclectic and neo-baroque style, and shelters sumptuous ceremonial salons and the municipal historical museum.

Where is the Town Hall of Valencia?

On the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, in the heart of Valencia, in Spain.