Ayuntamiento de Puebla de Sanabria as a cultural monument

The Puebla de Sanabria town hall is located at Plaza Mayor 1 and serves as the seat of the local government in the province of Zamora, Spain. It holds the status of a cultural interest asset in the category of monument and is part of the locality's historic ensemble, which is also declared a cultural interest asset.

Situated in the main square, the building is a singular example of civil architecture from the 18th-19th centuries. It features a rectangular layout with a main facade facing the square standing two stories high, while the side facade stands two and a half stories high due to the adaptation to the local topography. The structure is built of masonry, using ashlar blocks for corner reinforcements and the main facade, where a lighter granite creates a chromatic contrast.

The main facade follows a harmonic order with classical canons. It features a ground-floor porch with three wide semi-circular arches and Doric columns, with a portico gallery of four arches situated above. The ends of the facade are finished with twin small towers of three bodies, featuring pyramidal pinnacles and balls. The roof is made of traditional irregular flagstone slate.

The building was declared a cultural interest asset with the category of monument on February 17, 2022. It stands alongside other protected assets in the area, such as the church of Santa María del Azogue and the castle of the Counts of Benavente.

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