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| The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of nine bays facing onto the Grand-Place. The central bay featured a segmental headed doorway with a moulded surround and a ] on the ground floor and a French door with a ] on the first floor. The central bay was flanked by a pair of full-height ] columns supporting an open ] with a clock in the ]. The other bays were fenestrated by segmental headed windows on the ground floor and by round headed windows on the first floor. The bays were flanked by Ionic order ]s supporting an ], a ]ed ] and a ] ]. Fine carvings on the facade were created by Claude Maurice Rapin and Pierre Joseph Jannelle.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=AFFko-_W82MC&pg=PA1556 |title=Petits édifices historiques recueillis |first= A. |last=Raguernet|volume= 7–12 |year= 1892|publisher=Librairies-imprimeries réunies, ancienne maison Morel |page=1556}}</ref> Internally, the principal room was the Salle de Conseil (council chamber).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.unidivers.fr/event/accueil-commentee-de-la-salle-du-conseil-municipal-hotel-de-ville-de-beauvais-beauvais-oise-2024-09-22t1400000200/ |title= Accueil commentée de la salle du conseil municipal Hôtel de ville de Beauvais|newspaper=Unidivers|date=22 September 2024|access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref> | The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of nine bays facing onto the Grand-Place. The central bay featured a segmental headed doorway with a moulded surround and a ] on the ground floor and a French door with a ] on the first floor. The central bay was flanked by a pair of full-height ] columns supporting an open ] with a clock in the ]. The other bays were fenestrated by segmental headed windows on the ground floor and by round headed windows on the first floor. The bays were flanked by Ionic order ]s supporting an ], a ]ed ] and a ] ]. Fine carvings on the facade were created by Claude Maurice Rapin and Pierre Joseph Jannelle.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=AFFko-_W82MC&pg=PA1556 |title=Petits édifices historiques recueillis |first= A. |last=Raguernet|volume= 7–12 |year= 1892|publisher=Librairies-imprimeries réunies, ancienne maison Morel |page=1556}}</ref> Internally, the principal room was the Salle de Conseil (council chamber).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.unidivers.fr/event/accueil-commentee-de-la-salle-du-conseil-municipal-hotel-de-ville-de-beauvais-beauvais-oise-2024-09-22t1400000200/ |title= Accueil commentée de la salle du conseil municipal Hôtel de ville de Beauvais|newspaper=Unidivers|date=22 September 2024|access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref> | ||
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A statue by the sculptor, Gabriel Vital-Dubray, depicting ], who led the defence of the town when it was besieged by ] in the 15th century, was unveiled in front of the town hall in the presence of the President of France, ], on 6 July 1851. During the ceremony, the poet, ], read a poem, ''Jeanne Hachette, or the siege of Beauvais''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Walsh |first=William Shepard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSlDAQAAMAAJ |title=Curiosities of Popular Customs ... Illustrated |date=1 January 1897}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Renet|first= Pierre César |year=1898|title= Beauvais et le Beauvaisis dans les temps modernes, époque de Louis XI et de Charles le Téméraire (1461–1483), siège de Beauvais, Jeanne-Hachette|page= 577| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4WssAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA577 |publisher= Impr. professionnelle }}</ref> | ||
| In March 1918, during the later stages of the ], Marshal ], established his headquarters in the town hall.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.beauvais.fr/tourisme/un-peu-d-histoire.html |title= Un peu d'histoire|publisher=Town of Beauvais| access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> His appointment as ] was confirmed, on 3 April 1918, at a ] in the town hall in the presence of the ], ], the ], Marshal ], the ], ], the ], Field Marshal ], the ], Lieutenant General ], the ], General ], and the Commander of the ], General ].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.firstworldwar.com/source/foch_order.htm |title= Text of Ferdinand Foch's Appointment as Supreme Allied Commander, 3 April 1918|publisher=First World War| access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> | |||
| The building was badly damaged by German bombing during the ] in June 1940, part of the ]. The façade was saved but the building itself was gutted. The restoration of the structure behind the façade was carried out a design by a local architect, Georges Noël, and was completed in November 1957. The restoration |
The building was badly damaged by German bombing during the ] in June 1940, part of the ]. The façade was saved but the building itself was gutted. The restoration of the structure behind the façade was carried out a design by a local architect, Georges Noël, and was completed in November 1957. The restoration led to the creation of two side wings which were slightly set back from the main structure and were fenestrated with square headed windows and surmounted by a parapet. Above the first-floor windows, on the side wings, ]s were installed: the one on the left, sculpted by Maurice Debus depicted "La Renaissance de Beauvais" ("the rebirth of Beauvais") and the one on the right, sculpted by Claude Bouscau, depicted "Beauvais devant l'adversité" ("Beauvais in the face of adversity").<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.claudebouscau.com/oeuvres |title=Works|publisher= Claude Bouscau| access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.visitbeauvais.fr/content/uploads/2022/08/VISIT-BEAUVAIS-FOCUS-LES-LIEUX-DU-POUVOIR-COMMUNAL-A-BEAUVAIS-1.pdf |title=Les Lieux du Pouvoir Communal à Beauvais|page=7|publisher= Villes et Pays D'Art et D'Histoire| access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> New furniture for the building was made by the furniture designer, ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://culture.beauvais.fr/acteur-culturel/ville-d-art-et-d-histoire/hotel-de-ville|title=Ville d'Art et d'Histoire: Hôtel de ville |publisher=Culture Beauvais |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220145333/http://culture.beauvais.fr/acteur-culturel/ville-d-art-et-d-histoire/hotel-de-ville|archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Town hall in Beauvais, France
| Hôtel de Ville | |
|---|---|
_-_2021-05-30_-_2.jpg) The main frontage of the Hôtel de Ville in May 2021 | |
| General information | |
| Type | City hall |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical style |
| Location | Beauvais, France |
| Coordinates | 49°25′47″N 2°04′55″E / 49.4296°N 2.0819°E / 49.4296; 2.0819 |
| Completed | 1757 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Suier Bayeux |
The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Beauvais, Oise, northern France, standing on Place Jean-Hachette. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1912.
History
The first town hall in Beauvais was the Maison de la Voûte on the southwest side of the Grand-Place (now Place Jean-Hachette). In 1480, the aldermen relocated to an adjacent building, the Hôtel de Écu de Flandre. Although it was rebuilt several times, by the mid-18th century, the building was dilapidated and so the town council decided to demolish it and to erect a new building in its place. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by Bishop Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres on 30 April 1753. It was designed by Suier Bayeux in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1757.
The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of nine bays facing onto the Grand-Place. The central bay featured a segmental headed doorway with a moulded surround and a keystone on the ground floor and a French door with a balcony on the first floor. The central bay was flanked by a pair of full-height Ionic order columns supporting an open pediment with a clock in the tympanum. The other bays were fenestrated by segmental headed windows on the ground floor and by round headed windows on the first floor. The bays were flanked by Ionic order pilasters supporting an entablature, a modillioned cornice and a balustraded parapet. Fine carvings on the facade were created by Claude Maurice Rapin and Pierre Joseph Jannelle. Internally, the principal room was the Salle de Conseil (council chamber).
A statue by the sculptor, Gabriel Vital-Dubray, depicting Jeanne Hachette, who led the defence of the town when it was besieged by Charles the Bold in the 15th century, was unveiled in front of the town hall in the presence of the President of France, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, on 6 July 1851. During the ceremony, the poet, Fanny Dénoix des Vergnes, read a poem, Jeanne Hachette, or the siege of Beauvais.
In March 1918, during the later stages of the First World War, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, established his headquarters in the town hall. His appointment as Supreme Allied Commander was confirmed, on 3 April 1918, at a conference in the town hall in the presence of the French Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau, the Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, Marshal Philippe Pétain, the British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Lieutenant General Sir Henry Wilson, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Tasker H. Bliss, and the Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, General John J. Pershing.
The building was badly damaged by German bombing during the Battle of France in June 1940, part of the Second World War. The façade was saved but the building itself was gutted. The restoration of the structure behind the façade was carried out a design by a local architect, Georges Noël, and was completed in November 1957. The restoration led to the creation of two side wings which were slightly set back from the main structure and were fenestrated with square headed windows and surmounted by a parapet. Above the first-floor windows, on the side wings, bas reliefs were installed: the one on the left, sculpted by Maurice Debus depicted "La Renaissance de Beauvais" ("the rebirth of Beauvais") and the one on the right, sculpted by Claude Bouscau, depicted "Beauvais devant l'adversité" ("Beauvais in the face of adversity"). New furniture for the building was made by the furniture designer, Jules Leleu.
References
- Base Mérimée: PA00114509, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- "L'Hôtel de Ville de Beauvais". Villes et Pays D'Art et D'Histoire. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- Bauchal, Ch. (1887). Nouveau dictionnaire biographique et critique des architectes français. André Daly fils ét Cie. p. 36.
- Raguernet, A. (1892). Petits édifices historiques recueillis. Vol. 7–12. Librairies-imprimeries réunies, ancienne maison Morel. p. 1556.
- "Accueil commentée de la salle du conseil municipal Hôtel de ville de Beauvais". Unidivers. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- Walsh, William Shepard (1 January 1897). Curiosities of Popular Customs ... Illustrated.
- Renet, Pierre César (1898). Beauvais et le Beauvaisis dans les temps modernes, époque de Louis XI et de Charles le Téméraire (1461–1483), siège de Beauvais, Jeanne-Hachette. Impr. professionnelle. p. 577.
- "Un peu d'histoire". Town of Beauvais. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- "Text of Ferdinand Foch's Appointment as Supreme Allied Commander, 3 April 1918". First World War. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- "Works". Claude Bouscau. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- "Les Lieux du Pouvoir Communal à Beauvais" (PDF). Villes et Pays D'Art et D'Histoire. p. 7. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- "Ville d'Art et d'Histoire: Hôtel de ville". Culture Beauvais. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.