Hôtel de Ville

The foundation stone for the current building was laid in 1845 by the town's architect, Joseph-Auguste Joffroy. The new building borrowed the antique vocabulary in vogue at the time, provoking considerable controversy among the great defenders of local heritage, supported by Mérimée. The Tour Jacquemart was thus preserved. It is the last remaining example of the old Albano livery, which had housed the town hall since 1447.
Inaugurated in 1851, the town hall continues to be modified. In...