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Hôtel De Ville, Aubervilliers
The (, ''City hall (administration), City Hall'') is a municipal building in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the northeast suburbs of Paris, France, standing on Rue de la Commune de Paris. History Following the French Revolution, the town council initially held its meetings in the local boys' school. It then relocated to a private house on the corner of Passage Saint-Christophe and Rue de la Commune de Paris. In 1844, the town council decided to commission a dedicated town hall. The site they selected was a triangular area of land occupied by an old cemetery, which had been established by the Church of Notre-Dame-des-Vertus, Aubervilliers, Church of Notre-Dame-des-Vertus and cleared in 1824. The new building was designed by Jacques Paul Lequeux in the Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was officially opened in November 1849. The design originally involved a symmetrical main frontage of eight bays facing onto Rue de la Commune de Paris. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neoclassical Architecture
Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing styles of architecture in most of Europe for the previous two centuries, Renaissance architecture and Baroque architecture, already represented partial revivals of the Classical architecture of Roman architecture, ancient Rome and ancient Greek architecture, but the Neoclassical movement aimed to strip away the excesses of Late Baroque and return to a purer, more complete, and more authentic classical style, adapted to modern purposes. The development of archaeology and published accurate records of surviving classical buildings was crucial in the emergence of Neoclassical architecture. In many countries, there was an initial wave essentially drawing on Roman archi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
