The City Hall is located on the right bank of the Estuary of Bilbao across the Puente del Ayuntamiento bascule bridge that links it to the central Abando district.
[1] The building was built in 1892 by Joaquín Rucoba, on the former site of a convent in the district of Uribarri.
One of the highlights of the building is the Arab Hall, a richly decorated hall in the Neo-Mudéjar style that resembles the decorations found in the Alhambra of Granada.
Before 1890, the Bilbao City Council was located in a building inside the Old Town.
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