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The Stadhuis is the

town hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...

in the centre of

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

in the Netherlands. It is sited on the Markt. The building was designed by

Pieter Post Pieter Post in 1651. Portrait by Pieter Nolpe, detail of a larger work Pieter Jansz Post (1 May 1608 – buried 8 May 1669) was a Dutch Golden Age architect, painter and printmaker. Biography Post was baptised in Haarlem, the son of a ...

in the 17th century in the style of

Dutch classicism Dutch Baroque architecture is a variety of Baroque architecture that flourished in the Dutch Republic and its colonies during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century. (Dutch painting during the period is covered by Dutch Golden Age painting). Li ...

Bibliography (in Dutch)

*J. van den Boogard et S. Minis, Monumentengids Maastricht, Leidee, 2001 *S. Minis et A. de Heer, Een seer magnifick Stadthuys. Tien studies over de bouw en de inrichting van het stadhuis te Maastricht, Delft, 1985 *K. Ottenheym, « L'hôtel de ville de Maastricht par Pieter Post », dans S. Minis et A. de Heer, Een seer magnifick Stadthuys. Tien studies over de bouw en de inrichting van het stadhuis te Maastricht, Delft, 1985 *L. Minis, Het Stadhuis, Maastrichts Silhouet 4, Maastricht, 1980 *E. van Nispen tot Sevenaer, De monumenten in de gemeente Maastricht, deel 1, Arnhem, 1974

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