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Hôtel De Ville, Vannes
The (, ''City hall (administration), City Hall'') is a municipal building in Vannes, Morbihan, western France, standing on Place Maurice-Marchais. It was designated a ''monument historique'' by the French government in 1992. History The first town hall in Vannes was an ancient building, previously used as a chambre des comptes (chamber of accounts), on the Place des Lices (now place Lucien Laroche) dating back to the 15th century. In 1560, Francis II of France, Francis II, agreed to give the building to the aldermen of the town. Designed in a typical Breton style, it was a modest two storey building with a grand external staircase, in the form of a pair of curving semi-circles, leading up to the first-floor doorway, with a pediment above. There was also a tall tower which was so unstable that it had to be demolished in 1860. By the mid-19th century, the main block of the old town hall was dilapidated and the town council, led by the mayor, Émile Burgault, decided to commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaissance Revival Architecture
Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century Revivalism (architecture), architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes. Under the broad designation Renaissance architecture 19th-century architects and critics went beyond the architectural style which began in Florence and Central Italy in the early 15th century as an expression of Renaissance humanism; they also included styles that can be identified as Mannerism, Mannerist or Baroque. Self-applied style designations were rife in the mid- and later 19th century: "Neo-Renaissance" might be applied by contemporaries to structures that others called "Italianate", or when many French Baroque features are present (Second Empire (architecture), Second Empire). The divergent forms of Renaissance architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
