City Hall - Ourense, SP
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N 42° 20.135 W 007° 51.832
29T E 593596 N 4687661
City Hall of Ourense a city and capital of the homonymous province located in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain.
Waymark Code: WM12WHW
Location: Galicia, Spain
Date Posted: 07/26/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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"The City Hall, centre of the local government, presides over Ourense’s Main Square with its Classicist façade, designed by Queralt. Finished in 1888, it was the third consistory that the city had, after the previous ones from 1516 and 1700 disappeared because of alterations, takedowns and the passage of time. If you have the chance, it is worth to visit the colourful Noble Hall, with reliefs referring both to the monarchy and the republic.
The city council raised its first City Hall between 1516 and 1518. Until then, the meetings of the council representing the civil power took place in atriums of churches and squares, such as the nearby Alameda Park. The building would soon be subject to enlargements until the construction of a new one in 1700: it was one of the first architectural incursions by Castro Canseco.
In 1873 a landslide forced to build a third building, awarding the project to architect Queralt, which ended it in 1888 with a Classicist façade including an arcade. In the 1940s it was completed with an extension within the same style.
The current façade is topped with a clock and the coat of arms of the Catholic Monarchs. The symbols of Ourense’s coat of arms (a tower, a bridge and a lion) are included as a detail on the railings of the balconies of the first floor, both front and side. To the left of the front gate, there is a plaque from the National Geographic Institute reminiscent of the altitude of the city above the sea level (135 m) and its latitude and longitude.
The interior is organized around a majestic central staircase by which you can access the Noble Hall, dominated by an imposing stained glass window with the city’s coat of arms."

Retrieved from the official tourism website of the Region:https://www.turismodeourense.gal/



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