Town Hall

The town hall of Porrentruy is a magnificent baroque building built in 1761-1764, combining French and South German influences. Its bulbous dome is surmounted by a very slender bell tower which houses a bell dating from 1455. Its public clock, already mentioned in 1413 and whose movement dates from 1760, is the work of a master clockmaker from Neuchâtel.



Town Hall

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The town hall of Porrentruy is a magnificent baroque building built in 1761-1764, combining French and South German influences. Its bulbous dome is surmounted by a very slender bell tower which houses a bell dating from 1455. Its public clock, already mentioned in 1413 and whose movement dates from 1760, is the work of a master clockmaker from Neuchâtel.

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