Palacio de Narváez

The Palace of Narváez is a 19th century building currently occupied by the Town Hall.

The interior is organised around a square, central porticoed patio around which all the rooms are arranged. This patio has arches on columns over which there are medallions representing illustrious characters in the history of Spain, as well as the coats of arms of Loja and Granada. The main staircase to the first floor, with a double turn, displays the figure of two lions as a symbol of power, and leads to the anteroom where there is a painting of the Conquest of Granada next to the city's coat of arms and a painting of the Patron Saint of Loja, the Virgin of Charity. 

Both the plenary meeting hall and the mayor's office were once the General's meeting room and office, respectively, and retain a large part of the furniture, stalls and flooring. 

Tradition has it that this 1,332.95 square-metre palatial construction was commissioned by General Narváez from a French architect as his personal residence, and it had not yet been completed when Queen Isabel II visited it in 1862.