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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. The north wing was built by Henry IV and Louis XIII ...
In medieval times, the city was managed by the consuls who were based in an ancient town hall in Rue Fontgrouleu (now Rue du Consulat) which dated back to 1487. [2] [3] Following the French Revolution, a new town hall was established: the site the council selected was a former convent in Place Saint-Gérald. This was a simple two-storey ...
1803. 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 Musée Carnavalet in Paris is dedicated to the history of the city. The museum occupies two neighboring mansions: the Hôtel Carnavalet and the former Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau. On the advice of Baron Haussmann, the civil servant who transformed Paris in the latter half of the 19th century, the Hôtel Carnavalet was purchased by ...
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 ...
Fight in Front of the City Hall on 28 July 1830 (1833) by Jean-Victor Schnetz. Fight in front of the City Hall on 28 July 1830 (French: Combat devant l'Hôtel de Ville le 28 juillet 1830) is an oil on canvas painting by Jean-Victor Schnetz, from 1833. Is it held in the Petit Palais, in Paris.
The Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, commonly abbreviated with the acronym BHVP, is a public library specializing in the history of the city of Paris, France. Formerly in the Hôtel Saint-Fargeau (now part of the Musée Carnavalet), when it was also known as the Bibliothèque Saint-Fargeau, [1] since 1969 the BHVP has been located ...
Coordinates: 48°51′17″N 2°21′11″E. The Federico García Lorca Garden, the Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville and the Paris City Hall, on the right bank of the Seine. The Federico García Lorca Garden (in French : jardin Federico-García-Lorca) is a public park situated on the 4th arrondissement of Paris, in the heart of the French capital.