Palacio Provincial de la Diputación de Alicante

Monuments

The Provincial Palace of Alicante is a neoclassical building of the first third of the twentieth century located in the Spanish city of Alicante. It is the headquarters of the Provincial Council of Alicante. Its construction corresponds to a work of neoclassical style and baroque ornamentation, giving great importance to the order of symmetry. It has been cataloged as the "culminating work of the casticismo (purity/authenticity)". It is possible to emphasize its great porch in the entrance with its two towers in the main facade, excelling a great balcony in which a great fronton rises. The building is completed with a garden, closed by an iron gate that surrounds the entire building and was installed later on. It is the so-called garden of celebrities for its monuments of famous people from the city of Alicante. The internal distribution of the building combines different needs such as offices, bureaus, meeting rooms, etc. The facades are composed of two marked stripes, in the lower strip the horizontal composition predominates, lacks ornamental elements except the padding, the upper body is composed of two floors and its decoration is different from the lower body. In the main façade the axial symmetry predominates, both laterals are placed two cubic towers, one each side.