Hôtel de Ville, Pau

The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, western France, standing on Place Royale.

[1] The first theatre in Pau, established shortly after the French Revolution, was in Place Gramont at the corner with Rue de Liège.

The central bay, which was slightly projected forward, featured a double-height round headed opening with a moulded surround and a keystone, flanked by banded columns supporting an entablature.

On the second floor, there was a French door with a moulded surround, a keystone and a balustrade, flanked by Corinthian order columns supporting a cornice, a clock and an open pediment.

[12] Temporary repairs had to be carried out after plasterwork fell from the ceiling in one of the boxes in October 2013 and a more significant intervention, which included renovating the facade of the building, took place between 2016[13] and 2018.