On the town square the visitor will spot some beautiful historic buildings. The town hall was built in Rococo-style and has a beautiful pediment which bears the coat of arms of the city. It was constructed from 1740 to 1745 by architect Van Baurscheit. Against the town hall stands the belfry tower. This important tower is the symbol of the power and the autonomy of the city (other important Flemish cities like Bruges, Ghent, Kortrijk, etc also have belfry towers). From the balcony of the tower the official city announcements were proclaimed. The tower itself dates from 1369, a time when the city of Lier became rather prosperous. Today, the belfry tower is the last remainder of what used to be the cloth hall, the symbol of the medieval economic expansion of the corporation of cloth workers.