Barcelona City Hall

Facing the regional government palace across a historic square in the Gothic Quarter, this building has served as the seat of the city council for centuries. Behind a neoclassical main facade lies an older Gothic wing, including a fourteenth-century council chamber where the medieval assembly once met. Grand ceremonial halls display murals depicting scenes from the city's history. Occasionally opened to the public, the building embodies Barcelona's long tradition of municipal self-government in the heart of the old town.