Palacio del Intendente Olavide
This palace was the house of Pablo Olávide, the Andalusian Governor who founded La Carolina through his colonisation strategy. He was also an important figure in the urban planning of other towns and cities, including Seville. His home was built at the end of the eighteenth century on the site of La Peñuela Carmelite Convent. In 1835, the Special Population (colonisation) law was repealed and the palace has since seen many uses: offices, a school, chapter houses, Civil Guard Headquarters, infantry attachment quarters, telegraph office, lodging for poor families, and even a theatre in the early twentieth century. The Town Hall was situated here until 1872 and in 1945 the palace returned to municipal ownership, but was subsequently ceded to the Ministry of Agriculture to be used as a wheat silo until 1972. Today, the building houses the Museo de La Carolina.
Location
Located in Plaza de la Iglesia.