Hôtel de Ville, Ajaccio

The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud, western Corsica, standing on Place du Maréchal Foch.

[1] In the 18th century, the main municipal building in Ajaccio was il Pubblico Palazzo (the town hall) in Strada del Vescovo (now Rue Pozzo Di Borgo) which dated back well before the French conquest of Corsica in 1768.

The central bay featured a porch, formed by Doric order columns supporting an entablature with triglyphs and a cornice.

[7] The collection of Napoleonic memorabilia was augmented by a bequest of 31 portraits, some of which had belonged to Letizia Bonaparte, and which were left to the town by Cardinal Joseph Fesch when he died in May 1839.

[9] The additions to the collection included a bust of Letizia Bonaparte, created by Raimondo Trentanove in 1818,[10] as well as a portrait by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson of the former emperor's father, Carlo Buonaparte.