Palacio de la Aduana
Palacio de la Aduana stands in Málaga, Andalusia, beside the city’s historic port. Its Neoclassical form follows Italian Renaissance palaces, with bossed exterior walls and four wings around a central patio.
Manuel Martín Rodríguez proposed the building in 1787, construction began in 1791, and Pedro Nolasco Ventura later revised the plans before completion in 1829. French forces sacked it in 1810, while later fires destroyed the original roof and killed twenty-eight people in 1922. Customs work gave way to a tobacco factory, government offices, police use, and collections from the Museo de Málaga.
Look up at the recessed third floor, where an open gallery and openwork balustrade frame Roman busts on low walls. Tall palm trees flank the main façade, adding a distinctive vertical detail to the stone frontage.
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