The five-story
Montreal City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) was built between 1872 and 1878. Its architecture is in the
Second Empire style, also known as
Napoléon III-style. In 1967
Charles de Gaulle, then
President of France, gave his famous
Vive le Québec libre speech from the building's balcony..Photo credit:
David Iliff
The five-story
Montreal City Hall (Hôtel de Ville) was built between 1872 and 1878. Its architecture is in the
Second Empire style, also known as
Napoléon III-style. In 1967
Charles de Gaulle, then
President of France, gave his famous
Vive le Québec libre speech from the building's balcony..Photo credit:
David Iliff