It currently houses the seat of the Defender of the People (the Spanish Ombudsman).

It is located at Paseo de Eduardo Dato [es] 31,[1] in the Almagro neighborhood.

The project was initially commissioned to Francisco Reynals Toledo (later replaced by Frank Rank).

[2] Influenced by the neoplateresque Spanish pavilion for the 1900 International Exposition in Paris,[1] it closely followed the project of the 16th-century Palace of Caicedo in Granada.

[2] Built between 1913 and 1916, the works were directed by Eladio Laredo and Benito Guitart.