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Origin and history

The city hall of Seletat, located in 9 Place d'Armes, was built between 1787 and 1788 by the municipal architect Gouget. It replaces a former 15th-century town hall (1425-1426), several times redesigned (1537, 1604, 1771) and destroyed in 1779 because of its delapidated state. The new building was erected on the site of a guard corps under construction, enlarged and raised for the occasion. The work was entrusted to contractor Schultz, already in charge of the initial guard corps.

The official reception of the building took place on 2 April 1791. The former location of the medieval town hall, at the north-west end of the Place d'Armes, was then occupied by houses built backwards from the alignment. The facades and roofs of the current city hall have been protected since 1937 as historical monuments by order of 28 July this year.

This monument illustrates the architectural transition between the Old Regime and the revolutionary period, also marking the urban evolution of Sélestat. Owned by the municipality, there remains a symbol of local municipal power. Its history reflects the successive transformations of the Place d'Armes, the administrative and social heart of the city since the Middle Ages.

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