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In the 15th century the Communal Palace was built, but it was not until the 17th century that the Town Hall was built. It symbolizes the new political status of the city ordered by Louis XIV who now imposes the management of the city by aldermen and changes the port regime. Attributed to Mathieu Portal and Gaspard Puget, this beautiful baroque building also owes a lot to Pierre Puget, Marseille architect.
The particularity of this building was to deliberately separate the merchants who sat on the ground floor from the aldermen on the first floor. Therefore access to the first floor was from a building located at the rear, via a wooden walkway. The Town Hall was enlarged at the end of the 18th century thanks to the purchase of private houses thus forming the rear building and an arcade, whose vault is a pure masterpiece of stereotomy, was thrown between the two buildings. Classified as a Historic Monument in 1948, the Puget pavilion now only houses the mayor's offices.
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In the 15th century the Communal Palace was built, but it was not until the 17th century that the Town Hall was built. It symbolizes the new political status of the city ordered by Louis XIV who now imposes the management of the city by aldermen and changes the port regime. Attributed to Mathieu Portal and Gaspard Puget, this beautiful baroque building also owes a lot to Pierre Puget, an architect from Marseille.
The particularity of this building was to deliberately separate the merchants who sat on the ground floor from the aldermen on the first floor. Consequently, access to the first floor was from a building located at the rear, via a wooden walkway. The Town Hall was enlarged at the end of the 18th century thanks to the purchase of private houses thus forming the rear and an arcade, whose vault is a pure masterpiece of stereotomy, was thrown between the two buildings. Classified as a Historic Monument in 1948, the Puget pavilion now only houses the mayor's offices.
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