hôtel de ville
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Origin of hôtel de ville
Literally, “mansion of the city”
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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
S. of Ghent, scene of Marlborough's third victory over the French in 1708; it contains a 16th-century hôtel de ville, with a fine tower, and some interesting churches.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
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
A little bemedaled group appeared on the steps of 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
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