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The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, eastern France, standing on Rue des Clefs. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1929.
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.
The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Troyes, Aube, northeast France, standing on Place Alexandre Israël. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1926.
The Hôtel de Ville of 1718. The first meeting place of the aldermen of Tourcoing was a market hall completed in 1505. [2] In the early 18th century, the council decided to erect a dedicated town hall on the Grand Place. A new building was designed by François-Joseph Gombert, built in stone, completed in 1718, [3] and extended in 1823. [4]
The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, southeastern France, standing on the Esplanade de l'Hôtel de Ville. History [ edit ]
Internally, the principal room was the Salle de Conseil (council chamber). [ 9 ] In 1988, the ancient city archives, which had been preserved in the Château Grimaldi, and the newer archives, which had been kept in the town hall, were brought together to form a single collection in a building in Rue des Casemates. [ 10 ]
The old town hall. The local municipal council acquired the Cabot family house on Rue de Luzançay for use as its first town hall in 1752. [1] [2] It put a new façade on the building in 1807, and acquired several houses at the back of the building to allow expansion to Rue de l'Hôpital (now Rue Jules Legrand) in 1837.
In October 1911, a statue by the sculptor, Ernest Henri Dubois, of the huguenot, Jean Guiton, was unveiled in the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville. [14] Then, in July 1948, General Charles de Gaulle unveiled a plaque on the town hall to commemorate the life of the former mayor, Léonce Vieljeux, who had refused to cooperate with a German officer who wanted a swastika flag hung on the town hall.