Situated on the famous La Rambla avenue, today it houses the headquarters of the City Council's Culture Institute, the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona [ca] (ICUB) and hosts various temporary art exhibitions and cultural events.

[1] The palace was built, between 1772 and 1778, for Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent, who was Viceroy of Peru between 1761 and 1776.

The architect was Carles Grau [es], and the palace was built in a style between baroque and rococo.

[1] Grau, also a sculptor, created the window hoods and the vases which decorate the building's skyline.

[2] On the exterior of the palace is a statue of Our Lady of the Rosary, created by Luisa Granero [es] in 1967.