Ajuntament de Sabadell, Neoclassical city hall in Sabadell, Spain.
Ajuntament de Sabadell occupies a building erected between 1871 and 1872, first home to the Pia School until the city council bought it in 1880 and moved in in 1885. Its neoclassical facade, in pinkish tones, is crowned by a pediment with a clock and four Tuscan columns; the facade facing Plaça del Doctor Robert is the work of municipal architect Juli Batllevell i Arús. Two wrought-iron lamps at the entrance replicate those of the early 20th century.
Built between 1871 and 1872, the building first housed the Escola Pia de Sabadell until 1880, when the city council bought it. After renovation the council moved in in 1885, and the school's old courtyard became the present Plaça de Sant Roc, also called Plaça de l'Ajuntament.
The former school courtyard became Plaça de Sant Roc, known as Plaça de l'Ajuntament, after the council acquired the building in 1880. In the early 20th century the square held the Jardinets, a palm-planted garden used as a meeting and play spot, and near the start of Passeig de la Plaça Major stood the Templet, a modernist kiosk by Josep Renom i Costa erected in 1911 and demolished in 1943.
The city hall stands in a pedestrian zone, though urban traffic once passed in front of it. Two wrought-iron lamps at the entrance are replicas of those from the early 20th century. The facade on plaça del Doctor Robert, by municipal architect Juli Batllevell i Arús, faces the square that was once the school's courtyard.
The wrought-iron lamps at the entrance are replicas of those standing there in the early 20th century. Nearby, at the start of passeig de la Plaça Major, stood the Templet, a Modernista kiosk-bar by Sabadell architect Josep Renom i Costa, built in 1911 and demolished in 1943; plans to rebuild it on its original site were never carried out.
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