Town Halls and Public Buildings to visit Picardie

You will find it in a small dead end at the bottom of the main artery (rue de la République). In 1244, Alfonso of Portugal, Count of Boulogne and Clermont, and his wife Mathilde gave the Hôtel-Dieu which welcomed the poor and sick to the Order of the Trinitarians. Their mission was then to buy back prisoners. The convent had the right of seigneury on its district. The wealth of religious increased considerably thanks to donations. In addition to the cloister, the convent consisted of the Saint-André church (built around 1392), a cemetery, gardens and vineyards. The monks, for lack of means, quickly abolished the hospital. The Revolution drove out the Trinitarians and sold their property. The church was razed to the ground. Since 1800, the main building has housed the premises of the sub-prefecture. Since 1927, the complex of facades and turret has been listed as a Historic Monument.

Those who do not want to miss anything from the municipality will be able to go to the Hotel de Ville, founded, like the St. front chapel, by Queen Jeanne of Evreux in the th century. The building served as a tower, a hospice, a girls'school, a military hospital (during the wars of 1870 and 1914-1918) and a retirement home. Today, it is home to the Youth of the Commune Service and the initiative union.

Louis VII granted a communal charter to Senlis in 1173, and the city was awarded the same year of a new type of building: a city hotel. It has undergone many transformations over the following centuries. Rebuilt between 1495 and 1497, it was gradually enlarged in the th and th centuries. The clock at its summit dates back to 1608 and comes from the old belfry. When he crossed the city in 1825, Charles X made the main facade of a bust with the effigy of Henri IV. One can read the statement made by the latter in 1590 before the Parliament of Paris, during which he paid a glowing tribute to the inhabitants of Senlis, who, loyal to the king, welcomed him in their fortified precincts during the religious wars. Inside, face the beautiful side staircase that leads to the council room. An old-fashioned charm is emerging.