Old City Hall · Laguardia

The Old City Hall, located over the current Puerta Nueva or Puerta de las Carnicerías, was built in 1574 as a city hall, butcher's shop and jail. Previously, Council meetings were held in the portico and interior of the church of San Juan. Its Renaissance design, the work of Gonzalo de Asteasu and Domingo de Uriarte, has a semicircular arch and displays the imperial coat of arms of Charles V on the façade, the work of Martín Otálora. Between the arch and the door of the bakery there are engravings with the measures used by the merchants. The entrance door dates from the 15th century.