Valderrobres City Council · Valderrobres (EN)

It is a building inspired by the City Hall of Alcañiz, although here a commodities exchange would be added for commercial purposes in addition to the administrative and judicial ones that the building already had. It was possibly built under the orders of the master Antonio de Champanyach in the mannerist style and was finished in 1599, the date that appears sculpted on the coat of arms of the facade. This shield has the peculiarity of providing for the first time the figures of two griffins, a male and a female, to the traditional shield of the oak that had been symbolizing Valderrobres since the thirteenth century. In 1847 a painter (possibly Jerónimo Palau) was commissioned to decorate the façade with an allegorical painting on which even today, despite its deterioration, the emblem "peace, union and freedom" can be read. In 1929 the building was reproduced in the Pueblo Español in Barcelona.