Town Hall

The construction of this Baroque building was ordered in 1737, but the works did not start until two years later and it was built by Antonio del Campo, Pedro Briz and Miguel Molinero, master builders from Caravaca, although these last two abandoned the project later. We know exactly that the first body, most part of the prison and the arc were made by Antonio del Campo, who finished the works on February 1746.

Thus, they agreed to continue the works following Jaime Bort’s new drawings, in which later the original design of the Clock Tower (Torre del Reloj) will be cut out. Modifications to the original drawings were made by Carmelite Brother Juan de Santa Teresa and Juan Garcia Galan.

Finaly, the main works finished in 1762 and the Council Hall, located on the square’s arch, was opened on January 3rd 1763. On the left, the almudi – a grain exchange storehouse - and the military headquarters were built over a crumbling building on the ground floor and the upper floor respectively in 1807. In 1856, permission was given to join the chapterhouse with the upper floor rooms, where today are the municipal offices. The almudi worked as such until the Spanish Civil War, when it became municipal offices, to date.

This building welcomed visitors to Caravaca when they passed Puentecilla Street from the Calasparra old road, being the main entrance to the city in the XVIII century.

Geographical coordinates: Latitude 38.107374 Length -1.860153