hôtel de ville
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Origin of hôtel de ville
Literally, “mansion of the city”
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The headquarters building was the hôtel de ville, a large eighteenth-century edifice, in an acre of trampled mud a little distance from the street.
From A Volunteer Poilu by Beston, Henry
The hôtel de ville, or mansion-house, immediately became a sort of civic temple, where the banner of the Commune, the emblems of unity, and the seal which sanctioned the municipal acts were preserved.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.
All the bells in the town, Saint-Martin, Saint-Laurent, the hôtel de ville.
From A Volunteer Poilu by Beston, Henry
But he is told that if he can get himself carried to the hôtel de ville to see the new carvings, he could get carried to church.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. by Various
Within the town the streets are often dark and narrow, and, apart from the cathedral and the hôtel de ville, the architecture is of little interest.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
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