Hôtel de Ville, Vannes

The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Vannes, Morbihan, western France, standing on Place Maurice-Marchais.

[2][3] Designed in a typical Breton style, it was a modest two storey building with a grand external staircase, in the form of a pair of curving semi-circles, leading up to the first-floor doorway, with a pediment above.

It was designed by Amand Charrier in the Renaissance Revival style, built in ashlar stone at a cost of FFr 793,628 and was officially opened by the minister of post and telegraphs, Félix Granet, on 11 July 1886.

The central section of five bays featured a short set of steps lead up to a loggia formed by five round headed openings with moulded surrounds and keystones.

The outer sections of three bays each were fenestrated in a similar style except that the first-floor windows were surmounted by alternating triangular and segmental pediments and flanked by Corinthian order pilasters rather than columns.

The old town hall