The Hôtel de Ville of Auray !!!

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Again, in my road warrior trips around my beautiful Morbihan, I had to visit one of my former admin homes that is now very close to my current home. I have many posts on Auray in my blog, and this one was just a very familiar place, and glad was able to take these pictures from other posts to create one for the City hall, worth it me think. Therefore, here is my take on the Hôtel de Ville of Auray !!! Hope you enjoy this post as I

The Hôtel de Ville of Auray is located at the Place de la République. This was the first mayor’s office, and my first renewal of my French passport and identity card. This is the City/Town Hall in English. In 1742, the town of Auray expressed a wish to build the city/town hall next to the covered market or halle. First plans are designed in 1772 at the French East India Company. These were reworked in 1775 . These plans provided for the joining of the building to the covered market and to the audience of the senechaussee, seat of the municipal assembly, which preexisted on the square. The construction was carried out from 1776 to 1782. A campaign to consolidate the belfry was carried out in 2013. In 1907, a building was built as an extension of the covered market, a building which, until 2006, housed the district court. and an Italian theater. The building is constructed from Taillebourg limestone. Its style is typically French , and is inspired by the city/town hall of Rennes, in particular for its belfry.

The facade on the square, roof and belfry, 18C.  Among the paintings exhibited in the Council Chamber, are the portrait of King Louis XVIII by Jean-Louis Fouqueur after Gérard, canvas and its listed carved wooden frame, 1823. The death of Grégoire, Greek patriarch by Hugues Fourau, canvas and its listed wooden frame, 1826. Portrait in Half-body of the Emperor Napoleon III by Paul Cellier after Wintherhalter, canvas, 1863. On its pediment the town’s coat of arms features the Duke’s ermine and the three Royal lilies . 

The town of Auray holds the privilege of possessing a coat of arms registered since 1697 by an ordinance of the intendant: “gules, an ermine passant proper, with an ermine mantlet floating over its shoulders, on a chief azure three fleurs-de-lis or.” The ermine evokes the Duchy of Brittany; the fleur-de-lis the Kingdom of France.

The town of Auray on its heritage : https://www.auray.fr/ma-ville/patrimoine/les-monuments-historiques

The Local Bay of Quiberon tourist office on Auray : https://www.baiedequiberon.co.uk/auray

The Morbihan dept 56 tourist office on Auray : https://morbihan.com/decouvrir/le-morbihan-et-ses-perles-bretonnes/destination-carnac-et-baie-de-quiberon/visiter-auray-medievale-et-pittoresque/

There you go folks, another nice walking adventure in the lovely city of Auray, just wonderful with nice architecture and great history, You can easily spent a day here walking, shopping and eating good ! Love it!! Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Hôtel de Ville of Auray !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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