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Valencia City Hall ( es, Casa consistorial de Valencia; ca, Palau consistorial de València) is the seat of local government in

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, Spain. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural in 1962. The structure is made of two buildings which were constructed at different times: a school building and then the new façade. The building also includes the Municipal History Museum. The museum was opened in what was a chapel of the school building in 1927, and includes the Room of the

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, where

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painted eight medieval monarchs in 1956, starting with the city's conqueror James II of Aragon. From November 1936 to October 1937, the city hall shared its chamber with the

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of the

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, during the early stages of the

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. On 28 May 1937, it was bombed by the

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in service of the

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faction, causing 2 million Spanish pesetas in damage. During the war, to protect the children educated at the city hall, an underground bomb shelter was added with capacity for 700 people.

Gallery

File:Bancs del saló de plens de l'ajuntament de València.JPG, Debating chamber Hemiciclo del edificio del Ayuntamiento de Valencia.jpg, Speakers' seats File:Refugio antiáreo del Ayuntamiento de Valencia 13.jpg, Civil War air raid shelter

References

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City 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 ...