Palacio Liévano, Neoclassical government building at Plaza Bolivar, Colombia

Palacio Liévano is Bogotá's city hall located on Plaza Bolívar in the historic center. This neoclassical building displays French-influenced architecture with mansard roofs, ornamental ironwork, and arcaded galleries running along its main facade.

The site held the Galerías Arrubla, a 53 m-wide building opened on 1 January 1848 that housed the city's first shopping centre and its administration; it burned for three days after a fire started on 20 May 1900 in a hat shop run by the German Emilio Streicher. Engineer Indalecio Liévano convinced the owners to rebuild and commissioned French architect Gastón Lelarge, whose design was contracted in 1903 and finished in 1907, built with Liévano's own funds. The district took full ownership in 1960 and adapted the building as the city hall in 1974, removing the central mansard and the ground-floor shops.

On the first-floor corridor walls, 24 commemorative plaques installed for Bogotá's 450th anniversary recount the city's history. The second floor holds the Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada room, with plaster reliefs and red furnishings, where the city's leading figures once met to take key decisions.

The palace occupies the west side of Plaza de Bolívar, in the La Candelaria district, and is reached on foot from the surrounding historic streets. The ground-level arcade along the facade gives shelter from rain and sun. The building serves as the city hall, so the interior is an administrative workplace rather than a visitor site.

The 1900 fire that destroyed the Galerías Arrubla began in a hat shop run by the German Emilio Streicher and burned for three days. Engineer Indalecio Liévano then gathered the building's owners and convinced them to rebuild on the same spot.