Palacio de la Aduana

Work began in 1791 under the direction of administrador general of Customs Pedro Ortega Monroy and architects Miguel del Castillo and Ildefonso Valcárcel, who designed the principal façade and floor plans.

[1][2] Four corridors or bays surround a central patio that is porticoed for the lower two floors; then set back on the third floor, where there is an open gallery with an openwork balustrade functioning as a parapet; between sections of the parapet are Roman busts atop low walls.

[1] The building has bossed exterior walls;[2][3] towering palm trees that flank the main façade.

[3] Originally a customs house, it later served in the later 19th century as the Real Fábrica de Tabaco (Royal Tobacco Factory),[2] as the seat of the city government,[4] and as the Subdelegation of the Spanish Government in the Province of Málaga beginning in the Franco era,[2] and was later used also by the Policía Nacional.

The Ministry of Culture has hired the construction firm Sacyr to rehabilitate the building, following the designs of architects Fernando Pardo, Bernardo García Tapia, and Ángel Pérez Mora.