Hôtel de Ville (Greater Montreal Area)
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Montreal City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) is the work of architects Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Cowper Hutchison, built between 1872 and 1878. Its architecture is in the Second Empire style, also known as Napoléon III-style.
It is located in the center of Old Montreal, facing place Jacques-Cartier, at 275, rue Notre-Dame Est. The closest metro station is Champ-de-Mars.
Construction on the building began in 1872 and was completed in 1878. The interior was gutted by fire in March, 1922, but it was restored by taking as a model the city hall of the French city of Tours. In 1967, it is from its balcony that Charles de Gaulle, then president of France, gave his speech famous "Vive le Québec libre" speech.
Photos: ©Ville de Montréal, 2003; Archives de la ville de Montréal, VM6/R3067.2-1; ©Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne, Montréal, VIEW-808; ©Ville de Montréal, 2006 et ©Ville de Montréal, 1996. Vincent Massaro, photographe
It is located in the center of Old Montreal, facing place Jacques-Cartier, at 275, rue Notre-Dame Est. The closest metro station is Champ-de-Mars.
Construction on the building began in 1872 and was completed in 1878. The interior was gutted by fire in March, 1922, but it was restored by taking as a model the city hall of the French city of Tours. In 1967, it is from its balcony that Charles de Gaulle, then president of France, gave his speech famous "Vive le Québec libre" speech.
Photos: ©Ville de Montréal, 2003; Archives de la ville de Montréal, VM6/R3067.2-1; ©Musée McCord d'histoire canadienne, Montréal, VIEW-808; ©Ville de Montréal, 2006 et ©Ville de Montréal, 1996. Vincent Massaro, photographe
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_City_Hall
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°30'31"N 73°33'14"W
- Verdun Borough Hall 5.7 km
- Hotel de ville - Ville de Boucherville 13 km
- Dollard-Des-Ormeaux City Hall / Civic Center 20 km
- Town Hall - District of Pierrefonds-Roxboro 23 km
- Municipal Building 29 km
- Ottawa City Hall (main building) 167 km
- Ottawa City Hall 167 km
- Renfrew County Headquarters 279 km
- Chalk River Lions Hall 308 km
- Laurentian Hills municipal hall 318 km
- Old Montreal 0.4 km
- Quartier Latin 0.9 km
- Historic Red Light District 0.9 km
- Quartier des Spectacles 0.9 km
- Molson Brewery 1 km
- Montreal Downtown 1.4 km
- Le Village 1.4 km
- Boulevard Saint-Laurent 2 km
- Plateau Mont-Royal 3 km
- Greater Montreal Area 11 km
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