City Hall of Paris

City Hall of Paris
Place de l’Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris
tel : 39 75
Metro station : Hôtel de Ville
Guided visits are available, to be booked in advance.

It is here that stand the municipal institutions of Paris since 1357, though the first official municipality dates back to 1246 (Saint Louis). Thereafter it was destroyed, rebuilt and enlarged several times. The current building was constructed in 1882 on the site of the old City Hall, which was burned by the Commune of 1871. The façade, in neo-Renaissance style, is decorated with important people of the city of Paris: artists, scientists and politicians.