Town Hall (Fort-de-France)
The town hall is the central administrative building of the city of Fort-de-France in Martinique .
The first building was erected in 1848 by an unspecified contractor named Hrous. The building was almost completely destroyed in a severe fire in 1890 and a cyclone that swept the city in 1891. After the reconstruction, the reopening followed in September 1901.
The newly constructed building is an example of colonial architecture in the Antilles . The two-storey, symmetrical building is structured by a stately central projection. The decorated facade shows the city's coat of arms and the programmatic inscription SEMPER FRANCIA (German: Forever France ). A small bell tower is placed above the portal.
On the first floor of the building, a statue from 1879, attributed to the sculptor Albert Carrier-Belleuse , shows a slave who has freed himself from his fetters.
The building houses a richly decorated theater hall, the Théâtre Aimé Césaire .
The town hall was placed under monument protection on July 31, 1979 .
Coordinates: 14 ° 36 '23.5 " N , 61 ° 4' 11.8" W.