The building, which is located in the Plaza de la Administración — currently the city’s most important administrative area — was built at the same time as the Municipal Palace. While aesthetically different, volumetrically it is very similar. It is a single structure fragmented internally by large east-west and north-south running galleries. The Government of the Province of Guayas building was declared a cultural heritage site on 23 July 1982. Since 2014, it has housed the University of the Arts. Discover this and other places on the self-guided tour through the centre of Guayaquil.