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The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil] ⓘ, City Hall) is the city hall of Paris, France, standing on the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de la Libération in the 4th arrondissement. The south wing was originally constructed by Francis I beginning in 1535 until 1551.
Paris City Hall: Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville - Esplanade de la Libération 1874 – 1882 Théodore Ballu, Édouard Deperthes: Town hall of Paris 1st arrondissement: 4 place du Louvre 1858 – 1860 Jacques Hittorff
The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France, standing on Avenue Achille Peretti.
The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the eastern suburbs of Paris, standing on Place Jean Jaurès. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 2024. [1]
Between 1941 and 1944, during the Second World War, the town hall was the venue where the deaths of numerous Jewish people who died at Drancy internment camp, including the poet, Max Jacob, were recorded. [8] During the Paris insurrection, several members of the French Forces of the Interior were shot and killed by German troops outside the ...
The old town hall. From the French Revolution to the mid-19th century, the town council rented premises for its meetings. In 1866, the town council decided to commission a dedicated town hall. The site they selected was occupied by two private houses, Nos. 6 and 8 on Rue de l'Empereur (now Rue Paul Vaillant-Couturier). [1]
During the Paris insurrection, part of the Second World War, elements of the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans seized the town hall on 22 August 1944. [9] German troops briefly regained control, [10] before the town was liberated by the French 2nd Armoured Division, commanded by General Philippe Leclerc, on 25 August 1944. [11]
The Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de la Libération is a public square in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, located in front of the Hôtel de Ville. Before 1802, it was called the Place de Grève. The French word grève refers to a flat area covered with gravel or sand situated on the shores or banks of a body of water.