htel de ville, paris

The Htel de Ville (City hall) in Paris, France, is located in the place de l'Htel de Ville (formerly the place de Grve) in the City's IVe arrondissement. It serves multiple functions, housing the local administration, the Mayor of Paris (since 1977), and also being a venue for large receptions. The current building was designed by the architects Thodore Ballu and Pierre Deperthes, and replaced the earlier Htel de Ville on the same site that was burnt by the local population during the Paris Commune of 1871. The building has been the scene of a number of notable events, including the declaration of the French Third Republic, and a speach by Charles de Gaulle on the 1944 Liberation of Paris. The original Htel de Ville, started in 1533 with funding by King Francis I, and completed in 1628 under Louis XIII, and was designed by Dominique de Cortone and Pierre Chambiges. The nearby Bazar de l'Htel de Ville (BHV) is a department store named after the Htel de Ville.

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