Town hall of Saint-Etienne

the Town hall of Saint-Etienne (Place of Town hall) was built by the Dalgabio architects in 1821.

Before its final site the town hall had several addresses pass from the old city to the 18th century to the street of Roanne to the revolution.

In 1821 a Royal decree authorized the construction of a new town hall along the street of Roanne on the place Mister (current place of the Hotel-of-city). L building was conceived by the architects Pierre-Antoine Dalgabio and his nephew Jean-Michel Dalgabio.

The building in square is centered on a court with colonnade. The entered principal one in the south east made up of a large staircase which leads to seven arcades. In 1864 building was supplemented of a 51 height meters dome carried out by the Boisson architect. The dome sheltered a clock as well as bells. In 1872, two statues carried out by the artist Etienne Montagny was installed in gone up staircases, one representing the Ribbon manufacture and the other the Metallurgy. The town hall was not to save by the fires, one in 1933 and especially in 1952 which damaged the dome and involved its demolition. In the Seventies the demolition of the town hall is considered but was stopped rough a local referendum.

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