Hôtel de Ville, Angers

The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, west France, standing on the Boulevard Résistance et Déportation.

[2] In the mid-15th century, the council sought a dedicated building and selected the Hôtel de la Godeline, which they refurbished and rented from the Bishop of Nantes from 1484.

The building was remodelled in the neoclassical style to a design by Adolphe Lenoir, and was officially opened by Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême as the new town hall on 23 September 1823.

The central section of three bays, which was slightly projected forward, featured a tetrastyle portico formed by Doric order columns supporting an entablature with triglyphs, a cornice and a balcony with a balustrade.

[10] Following the liberation of Angers by American troops on 10 August 1944, during the Second World War, the mayor, Victor Bernier, proclaimed freedom from the balcony of the town hall.

The entrance to the former Grande Maison des Halles