Revillagigedo Palace in Gijón opens to the public with its exhibitions, and entry is free. In 2026 the season ran from 30 March to 20 September, Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20:00. It belongs to the Fundación Cajastur; before going, ring or check its news page.
Revillagigedo Palace, on Gijón’s Plaza del Marqués, doesn’t work like a museum with its doors open all year. It belongs to the Fundación Cajastur, it opens to the public around the exhibitions it hosts and, when it does, entry is free. This is what is known about the building, who runs it and how to find out what is inside, checked in October 2026.
A palace built on a medieval tower
It was commissioned in 1704 by Carlos Miguel Ramírez de Jove, first Marquis of San Esteban de Natahoyo, who reused a 15th-century medieval tower already standing on the site. Work finished in 1721. The name the whole of Gijón knows it by came later: according to Wikipedia, the same family later inherited the title of Counts of Revillagigedo, and the council page calls it the palace of the Count of Revillagigedo, its last owner.
The façade makes sense at a glance: two square towers topped with battlements, the old one and another added for symmetry, and between them a three-storey central block that carries all the decoration. Above the central balcony is the coat of arms of the Ramírez Jove family. That coat of arms was entirely remade in 2004, in sandstone, from an 1860 photograph in which it could still be seen.
Attached to the palace is the collegiate church of San Juan Bautista, Baroque like the palace, and the two form a single ensemble. In 1974 they were declared a historic-artistic monument together, and today they are a site of cultural interest.
Who runs it today
The palace and the church belong to the Fundación Cajastur, created in 2014 when the old Asturian savings bank was turned into a banking foundation. After restoration, the palace opened as a cultural venue in August 1991, and the City Council describes it as an International Art Centre since that year, intended for contemporary art, courses and music, dance and theatre seasons.
Today the foundation also hires out its rooms: the two-floor exhibition area, the courtyards and the press room, and the church, which seats 150, as a performance space. That is why many exhibitions are organised by others and hosted by the palace: Gijón City Council or Unicaja, for example.
Can you visit? Opening hours and price
Yes, when there is an exhibition. According to Turismo Asturias, the 2026 season ran from 30 March to 20 September, Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20:00, closed on Mondays. Entry is free.
Outside those dates no official website gives opening hours, and the Turismo Asturias page itself warns that hours and prices may change and asks you to confirm by phone, on 985 346 921. In mid-October 2026 we found no new exhibition announced on the foundation’s or the council’s websites, so it is worth ringing before you go.
What exhibitions it hosts
The most recent ones give an idea of what to expect. In 2024, from 22 March to 8 September, ‘Orto y ocaso. Vidrio y loza en Gijón, siglos XVIII y XX’, organised by the City Council, with pieces from the factories that made glasses, plates and tableware in the city.
In 2025, ‘Gijón/Xixón Epicentro Fotografía 1858-1992’, more than a century of the city in photographs, open until 12 October. Straight after, from 16 October to 28 December, ‘La pintura contemporánea en la Colección Unicaja (1865-2000)’: 84 works by more than 70 artists, including Evaristo Valle, Darío de Regoyos and María Gutiérrez Blanchard.
In 2026 the palace hosted ‘Convivium. Arqueología de la dieta mediterránea’. The City Council’s summer programme listed guided tours on Saturdays at 18:00 and Sundays at 12:30 through June and July.
How to find out what’s on now
There are three places to look: the Fundación Cajastur news page, where it announces its openings; the Gijón City Council events calendar, where guided tours appear; and the Turismo Asturias page, which publishes each season’s hours. If none of them says anything, the phone number on that page settles it.
Even when it is closed, you can see the façade from the Plaza del Marqués, facing the marina and next to the statue of Pelayo. The rest of the neighbourhood, in order, is in our guide to what to see in Cimadevilla.
Checked
Checked in October 2026. History: Wikipedia and the Turismo Asturias page, which also gives the 2026 hours, free entry and the phone number. Use as an art centre since 1991: Gijón City Council page. Ownership, opening and room hire: Fundación Cajastur. 2024 and 2025 exhibitions: the foundation’s news page. 2026 guided tours: City Council summer programme.
Quick questions
Do you have to pay to enter Revillagigedo Palace?
No. According to Turismo Asturias, entry is free.
Who runs Revillagigedo Palace?
The Fundación Cajastur, which owns it. It opened it as a cultural venue in 1991 and today hosts its own exhibitions and those of other institutions, such as Gijón City Council or Unicaja.
What exhibition is on now at Revillagigedo Palace?
In mid-October 2026 no new one had been announced. In 2026 it hosted ‘Convivium. Arqueología de la dieta mediterránea’; to find out the next one, check the Fundación Cajastur news page or ring the Turismo Asturias number.