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In the early 19th century, the town council decided to acquire the Hôtel de Guernisac on the north side of Place Saint-Corentin for use as a town hall. The acquisition was completed in 1805 and officials moved into the building in 1808.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.quimper.bzh/618--periode-1800-1849.htm |title=Period 1800–1849| publisher=City of Quimper| access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref> However, the old building was inefficent, and the council decided to demolish the old building and to erect a new town hall on the same site. The foundation stone for the new building was laid in 1829.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UCYBEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA78 |title=Histoire de Quimper |publisher= Société archéologique du Finistère |year=1994 |isbn=978-2708983113 |page=245 |quote=Le première pierre de l'hôtel de ville a été posée en 1829}}</ref> It was designed by François Marie Lemarié in the ], built in ] stone and was officially opened on 31 December 1831.<ref name=allier/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://cths.fr/an/savant.php?id=109344 |title= Lemarié, François Marie|publisher= Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques| access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://structurae.net/fr/ouvrages/hotel-de-ville-quimper|title= Hôtel de Ville de Quimper|publisher=Structurae|access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref> In the early 19th century, the town council decided to acquire the Hôtel de Guernisac on the north side of Place Saint-Corentin for use as a town hall. The acquisition was completed in 1805 and officials moved into the building in 1808.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.quimper.bzh/618--periode-1800-1849.htm |title=Period 1800–1849| publisher=City of Quimper| access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref> However, the old building was inefficent, and the council decided to demolish the old building and to erect a new town hall on the same site. The foundation stone for the new building was laid in 1829.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UCYBEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA78 |title=Histoire de Quimper |publisher= Société archéologique du Finistère |year=1994 |isbn=978-2708983113 |page=245 |quote=Le première pierre de l'hôtel de ville a été posée en 1829}}</ref> It was designed by François Marie Lemarié in the ], built in ] stone and was officially opened on 31 December 1831.<ref name=allier/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://cths.fr/an/savant.php?id=109344 |title= Lemarié, François Marie|publisher= Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques| access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://structurae.net/fr/ouvrages/hotel-de-ville-quimper|title= Hôtel de Ville de Quimper|publisher=Structurae|access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref>


The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto the Place Saint-Corentin. The central section of three bays, which was slightly projected forward, featured a round headed doorway with a moulded surround and a ], flanked by a pair of ] ]s supporting an ] and a ]. There was a square headed window with a pediment supported by ] on the first floor. The other bays on the ground floor were fenestrated by round headed windows and the other bays on the first floor were fenestrated by squared headed windows with ]s, while the bays on the second floor were fenestrated entirely by small square windows. There were ]s at the corners of the central section and the outer bays and there was a ]ed cornice at roof level. Internally, the principal room was the Salle de Conseil (council chamber).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.quimper.bzh/247-calendrier-des-conseils-municipaux.htm |title= Calendrier des conseils municipaux|publisher=City of Quimper| access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref> The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto the Place Saint-Corentin. The central section of three bays, which was slightly projected forward, featured a round headed doorway with a moulded surround and a ], flanked by a pair of ] ]s supporting an ] and a ]. There was a square headed window with a pediment supported by ] on the first floor. The other bays on the ground floor were fenestrated by round headed windows and the other bays on the first floor were fenestrated by squared headed windows with ]s, while the bays on the second floor were fenestrated entirely by small square windows. There were ]s at the corners of the central section and of the outer bays and there was a ]ed cornice at roof level. Internally, the principal room was the Salle de Conseil (council chamber).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.quimper.bzh/247-calendrier-des-conseils-municipaux.htm |title= Calendrier des conseils municipaux|publisher=City of Quimper| access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref>


A statue by the sculptor, ], depicting the inventor of the ], ], was unveiled in front of the town hall on 15 August 1868.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.quimper.bzh/1112-petite-histoire-de-la-statue-laennec-sur-la-place-saint-corentin.htm |title= Petite histoire de la statue Laennec sur la place Saint-Corentin| publisher=City of Quimper| access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.linternaute.com/sortir/escapade/2677696-15-lieux-incontournables-a-voir-a-quimper/2677730-statue-de-rene-laennec |title= La statue de René Laënnec sur la place de la cathédrale à Quimper|publisher= Linternaute| access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref> After the ], a plaque was unveiled on the staircase in the building to commemorate the lives of 556 local service personnel who had died in the war.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://en.quimper.bzh/664-the-town-s-history.htm |title=The town's history |publisher=City of Quimper| access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref> A statue by the sculptor, ], depicting the inventor of the ], ], was unveiled in front of the town hall on 15 August 1868.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.quimper.bzh/1112-petite-histoire-de-la-statue-laennec-sur-la-place-saint-corentin.htm |title= Petite histoire de la statue Laennec sur la place Saint-Corentin| publisher=City of Quimper| access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.linternaute.com/sortir/escapade/2677696-15-lieux-incontournables-a-voir-a-quimper/2677730-statue-de-rene-laennec |title= La statue de René Laënnec sur la place de la cathédrale à Quimper|publisher= Linternaute| access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref> After the ], a plaque was unveiled on the staircase in the building to commemorate the lives of 556 local service personnel who had died in the war.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://en.quimper.bzh/664-the-town-s-history.htm |title=The town's history |publisher=City of Quimper| access-date=16 December 2024}}</ref>

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Town hall in Quimper, France

Hôtel de Ville
The main frontage of the Hôtel de Ville in April 2013
General information
TypeCity hall
Architectural styleItalianate style
LocationQuimper, France
Coordinates47°59′47″N 4°06′07″W / 47.9963°N 4.1020°W / 47.9963; -4.1020
Completed1831
Design and construction
Architect(s)François Marie Lemarié

The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Quimper, Finistère, western France, standing on Place Saint-Corentin.

History

Following the French Revolution, the town council initially established offices in the Couvent des Cordeliers (Convent of the Cordeliers). However, this arrangement only lasted a year before it relocated to the l'Hôpital du ci-devant Sainte Catherine (the hospital of Saint Catherine above). The convent and the hospital had both been confiscated by the state and the nuns driven out during the French Revolution.

In the early 19th century, the town council decided to acquire the Hôtel de Guernisac on the north side of Place Saint-Corentin for use as a town hall. The acquisition was completed in 1805 and officials moved into the building in 1808. However, the old building was inefficent, and the council decided to demolish the old building and to erect a new town hall on the same site. The foundation stone for the new building was laid in 1829. It was designed by François Marie Lemarié in the Italianate style, built in ashlar stone and was officially opened on 31 December 1831.

The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto the Place Saint-Corentin. The central section of three bays, which was slightly projected forward, featured a round headed doorway with a moulded surround and a keystone, flanked by a pair of Doric order pilasters supporting an entablature and a parapet. There was a square headed window with a pediment supported by brackets on the first floor. The other bays on the ground floor were fenestrated by round headed windows and the other bays on the first floor were fenestrated by squared headed windows with cornices, while the bays on the second floor were fenestrated entirely by small square windows. There were quoins at the corners of the central section and of the outer bays and there was a modillioned cornice at roof level. Internally, the principal room was the Salle de Conseil (council chamber).

A statue by the sculptor, Eugène-Louis Lequesne, depicting the inventor of the stethoscope, René Laennec, was unveiled in front of the town hall on 15 August 1868. After the First World War, a plaque was unveiled on the staircase in the building to commemorate the lives of 556 local service personnel who had died in the war.

The building was extended to the northeast, to provide accommodation for the registry office, in 1938. After Quimper amalgamated with the municipalities of Ergué-Armel, Kerfeunteun, Penhars in 1959, a further large extension, stretching back to Rue Verdelet was completed in the 1960s.

References

  1. ^ Allier, Pierre (1950). Les Rues de Quimper. FeniXX digital reissue. p. 78–80. ISBN 978-2307463511.
  2. "De l'hôpital à la préfecture". Le Télégramme. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. "Period 1800–1849". City of Quimper. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  4. Histoire de Quimper. Société archéologique du Finistère. 1994. p. 245. ISBN 978-2708983113. Le première pierre de l'hôtel de ville a été posée en 1829
  5. "Lemarié, François Marie". Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  6. "Hôtel de Ville de Quimper". Structurae. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  7. "Calendrier des conseils municipaux". City of Quimper. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  8. "Petite histoire de la statue Laennec sur la place Saint-Corentin". City of Quimper. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  9. "La statue de René Laënnec sur la place de la cathédrale à Quimper". Linternaute. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  10. "The town's history". City of Quimper. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  11. "Quimper". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  12. "Connaissez-vous bien l'hôtel de ville de Quimper et ses secrets?". Ouest France. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
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