The former private residence of Robert i Surís, an influential aristocrat, politician and businessman at the turn of the S. XX. It's nowadays a government-run institution which hosts an exhibition centre with three halls, a concert hall, gardens as well as the Information Centre for Catalonia, including the city's tourism bureau. In the 1936 - 1939 period it was the site of the Generalitat de Catalunya's Ministry of Culture. After the Spanish Civil War, Robert's family regained the Palau, until its second purchase by the Generalitat de Catalunya (The Catalan Government) in 1981, when it became a public building.
Completed in the year 1903, this palace was designed by the French architect Henry Grandpierre. It is built in te classical style with stone from Montgrí mountain, and features two noble floors and tree symmetrical façades.
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