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22-JUN-2014

Fribourg/Freiburg. Town Hall

An impressive presence to one side is the late-Gothic Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall), a highly photogenic building dating from 1501–22, whose double exterior staircase was added in 1663. St George spears the dragon on a fountain statue dating from 1525 in the square in front of the building. A regular Saturday morning market spills over into the streets around, one of which, Rue des Épouses (Street of Spouses), is spanned by a decorative old sign attesting to the fidelity of the couples who once lived there. The dourly impressive Grand’Rue heads off down the hill, a virtually intact example of a seventeenth-to-eighteenth century street, complete with Baroque, Regency, Rococo and Louis-XVI facades jostling for position all the way down.

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MarcViskens08-Aug-2014 18:35
how beautiful José
well done
Char08-Aug-2014 17:05
Wonderful capture of this building with it's beautiful designs, Jose! \/
Walter Otto Koenig08-Aug-2014 17:03
A grand and unusual entrance. Nice from this well chosen vantage point. "V"
Helen Betts08-Aug-2014 16:56
A most unusual entryway, and a great capture of it. Perfect from this POV! V.
Gerard Koehl08-Aug-2014 16:41
Superbe entrée et escalier. V
Jim Coffman08-Aug-2014 16:28
This is a very fancy town hall! Very nice capture,Jose..
Irene Wehrli08-Aug-2014 16:24
I never thought this is in Switzerland - interesting architecture...
Irene
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