Palacio Municipal, Government building in Centro district, Montevideo, Uruguay

The Palacio Municipal is the seat of the Intendencia Departamental de Montevideo, a 77.65-metre tower on 18 de Julio Avenue in Cordón. Designed by Mauricio Cravotto, it has a brick-clad exterior, side wings, an atrium and an esplanade. A bronze replica of Michelangelo's David stands in front of the main entrance, and a copy of the Nike of Samothrace is on the right side.

A 1930s tender sought a building for Montevideo's Board of Directors and Representative Assembly on the former English Cemetery, land the state had bought intending a seat for the executive and judiciary. Mauricio Cravotto's project began in 1935; the building opened on 16 July 1944. His 114-metre tower was cut to 77.65 metres for financial reasons, leaving it second to the Palacio Salvo. Brick cladding, side wings, atrium and underground garage followed from the mid-1940s, and works concluded in the 1970s.

The atrium hosts art and craft exhibitions and other cultural events, and the west wing holds the Museum of History of Art. The Municipal Centre of Photography keeps the Photographic Archive of Montevideo, where the public can order copies of archived material. In the late 1980s the hall hosted a retrospective of ceramicist Eva Díaz Torres.

The panoramic viewpoint at the top of the tower, nearly 80 metres up, is reached by an external lift on the rear side of the building and has free access. The atrium and the esplanade on 18 de Julio Avenue are open to passers-by, and the west wing holds the Museum of History of Art. The Photographic Archive of Montevideo lets the public order copies of material from its collections.

The esplanade is where Montevideo residents gather on days when the Uruguayan national football team plays, watching the match on a screen mounted on the IMPO building opposite. On commemorative dates the palace facade is lit up. The square has also hosted celebrations, demonstrations and rallies that use it as a meeting point.