Few steps away from the village´s foundation site, it was built between the Parochial Church and the Real Fuerza Castle, spot that grouped the political, military, religious and civilian functions of an emerging population. Used for military exercises in the 1700s, it is surrounded by important public buildings of the time as the Royal Post Office (1772-1790), subsequently the Lieutenant Governor’s Palace; the Governor´s Palace, the City´s Museum since 1968; the Count of Santovenia’s Palace, today Santa Isabel Hotel, and El Templete.