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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.
Address Construction Architect Coordinates 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
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.
The Hôtel de Ville, Paris, the city hall. Although the municipal council was recreated in 1834, Paris, for most of the 19th and 20th centuries, along with the larger Seine département of which it was a centre — was under the direct control of the state-appointed prefect (préfet) of the Seine department until 1968. From 1968 to 1977, Paris ...
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]
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 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]
It then relocated to a private house on the corner of Passage Saint-Christophe and Rue de la Commune de Paris. [1] In 1844, the town council decided to commission a dedicated town hall. The site they selected was a triangular area of land occupied by an old cemetery, which had been established by the Church of Notre-Dame-des-Vertus and cleared ...