The Hôtel de Ville in Paris's 4th arrondissement was rebuilt by Théodore Ballu and Édouard Deperthes after the Paris Commune burned it in May 1871. The original designs came from Dominique de Cortone and Pierre Chambiges. The article names no client. The infobox gives 1357, 1533 and 1892, while the text says the south wing began in 1535, work finished in 1628 and rebuilding ran from 1873 to 1892.
The infobox calls the style Renaissance Revival, and the text says French Renaissance. It is 160 feet (50 m) high, and the main facade is 469 feet (143 m) long and 62 feet (18.8 m) high.
General de Gaulle gave his 1944 liberation speech there. The city hall has housed the Council of Paris and the mayor's offices since 1977, and it hosts receptions. The article gives no visiting details.
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