Dublin City Hall (Dublin)

 Neoclassical (architecture), city hall, 1770s construction

Restored in 2000, the City Hall dominates the area with its giant portico and copper dome. It was designed by Thomas Cooley as the Royal Exchange, was built between 1769 and 1779. In the 1780s it was used as a meeting-place for Volunteer rallies. It was subsequently used as a barrack and torture chamber by British Government troops during the 1798 Rebellion.
Today the City Hall houses a multi-media exhibition tracing the evolution of the city from 1170 to the present day with particular emphasis on the development of the civic government. Supported by computer interactives, archive films, models and costumes. Some of the items on display include the Great City Sword, the Great Mace and the Lord Mayor's chain.
On the north façade of the City Hall is a metal plate, placed there in the late 1870s, which displays exact standard measures in imperial and metric units.


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