Town Center: Municipal Building, Municipal Garden and Aga Khan Park

Margao city centre is crowned with one of the most prominent colonial-era tiled-roof buildings that serves as the municipal council office. Earlier known as Camara Municipal de Salcete, referring to Salcete taluka, the Margao Municipal Council oversees its operations from this imposing central landmark. The exterior walls, once red and white in color, don a bright yellow and white outlook that make it 'fit-in' the overall color scheme of the city. Besides offering regular administrative services such as taxation and registration certificates to life events, the municipal council also runs an extremely popular public library that marked its centenary celebrations in 2014.
Just across the street from this Municipal Council building are the other two central landmarks of the city—Municipal Garden and Aga Khan Children's Park at the northern end. Separated by a narrow walkway frequented by vendors, an aerial view would make these two appear as one big garden. The children park was constructed in 1959 by a local businessman named Abdul Javerbhai Mavany in the honor of visiting HH Aga Khan, the Imam of Nazari Ismaili Muslims and the leader of the Khoja (Khwaja) community in India. Situated next to the market bus terminal, the green patch is often dubbed as 'lungs of Margao'.
The municipal garden is open from 7:30 AM to 8:30 PM, while the Children's Park is open between 5 PM to 9 PM