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The Hotel de Ville, the city hall of Reims, is a long and dignified building begun in the seventeenth century when the city councillors decided their town deserved a seat of government to match its importance as the place where French kings were crowned. Above the central doorway sits its emblem, a carved half-relief of King Louis the Thirteenth on horseback. The building grew over many years and survived the centuries until the First World War, when fire gutted it and left only the facades standing, like so much of Reims. It was carefully rebuilt in the decade that followed, faithful to its old appearance, and still serves as the working heart of the city's government, looking out over a broad square and gardens.
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- 1627 year — In 1627 the city councillors decided to build a town hall worthy of the coronation city, and work began on the central wing.
- 1917 year — On the third of May 1917 the building was gutted by fire during the First World War, leaving only its facades standing.
- 1928 year — It was faithfully rebuilt in the following decade, the work completed by 1928.
📍 Rue de la Grosse Écritoire 3, 51100, Reims