Casa de los Alcaldes, Colonial building at Plaza de la Independencia, Quito, Ecuador.

Casa de los Alcaldes is a two-story colonial house on the north side of Independence Square, between the Pizarro Palace and the Metropolitan Curia Palace. It has two courtyards with two-story galleries; the main patio's clay tiles were replaced in 1990 by a glass-covered wooden pergola, while original stone columns and most of the timber structure remain. The second patio has an iron-and-glass roof and a staircase leading to the mayor's apartments, whose four balconies face the square.

The lot belonged to Juan Díaz de Hidalgo, a founder of San Francisco de Quito, in 1534, and was sold repeatedly until the late 19th century. President Gabriel García Moreno lived here between 1869 and 1874. In 1989 the Municipality of Quito acquired the building and turned it into the mayor's residence, occupied by Jamil Mahuad, Paco Moncayo and Mauricio Rodas.

The house takes its name from its use since 1989 as the official residence of Quito's mayors. Jamil Mahuad, Paco Moncayo and Mauricio Rodas lived here with their families; Augusto Barrera chose not to move in and instead put tourism offices on the ground floor and an alternate office on the second, using the salons for distinguished guests.

Access to the tourism offices is available from the street side, while residential areas occupy the upper floors. It helps to explore the surrounding plaza during your visit to fully appreciate how the building relates to its central location.

The 1990 restoration won the Bienal de Arquitectura de Quito. In the second courtyard the corridors were removed and the space covered with an iron and glass structure, with a staircase leading to the mayor's apartments, whose four second-floor balconies face the plaza.