Hôtel de ville

English translation

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History

The town hall was built in the early 16th century in a fine Flamboyant style. Partly burned around the middle of the century, it was restored and underwent important transformations at the end of the 17th century. The decoration of the Flamboyant openings and the intermediate frieze of the façade (vegetable and animal motifs) on the square has been preserved in its 16th-century authenticity. On the courtyard, 16th-century staircase turret and return wing have been preserved. Its listing on the list of historic monuments, in 1862, was cancelled in 1935, following the fire of 1918 which ruined it almost entirely and this despite the restorations undertaken from 1919 and the interior reorganization of the 1930s. The delisting also sanctioned the destruction of 17th-century houses neighbouring the building by the municipality. In the Municipal Council chamber, seven canvases mounted on panel executed in 1942-1943 by the painters Largeteau, Hoffmann and Beaupuy represent the great hours of Noyon's history. In the contemporary extension of the town hall, one notices four bas-reliefs from the Colonial Exhibition of 1931 and executed by the sculptor Pinchon, a canvas by Guyenot representing the Works of the Fields (1944) and one by Porphyre Pinchon - the creator of Bécassine - representing the Presentation of the Croix de Guerre to the Town of Noyon in 1919. The condition of the 16th-century part of the building is relatively poor. The sculpted Flamboyant decoration of the façade on the square is today very altered.