Hotel de Ville, Niort, a photo from Poitou-Charentes, West

Photographer's Note

Niort is a town and commune in the Deux-Sèvres department (region Poitou-Charentes) in western France. The Latin name of the town was Novioritum.

The population was 60,486 in 2006 with more than 137,000 people living in the urban area. It is regarded as the French capital of mutual insurance companies, housing the headquarters of MAAF, MAIF, MACIF, SMACL and regional branches of national mutual companies such as Groupama and Banque Populaire. The town is one of the main financial centres of France (fourth ranked after Paris, Lyon and Lille). In terms of industry both chemicals and aeronautics figure highly.

Architecture wise it is noted for its massive donjon, which was started by Henry II Plantagenet and completed by Richard the Lionheart. It also has an interesting Hotel-de-Ville (Town Hall) built in the Renaissance style.

(Source: Wikipedea)

rodgerg, lakshmip1949, gildasjan, Budapestman, jlbrthnn, Cricri, delpeoples has marked this note useful

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jurek1951 (35765) 2011-09-11 0:35

Hi Stephen,
Really very nice your architecture photos this one is very sharp and very well composed,
Georg

rodgerg (55767) 2011-09-11 0:37

Hello Stephen,

Belle présentation de ce bâtiment public à l'architecture classique et imposante. Tu sa choisi un très bon POV avec les escaliers qui donnent du graphisme à l'avant-plan et un bel effet de perspective.
Have a nice Sunday,
Roger

Nicou (97811) 2011-09-11 2:26

Hello

Merveilleux hôtel de ville très bien cadré et mis en évidence sueprbe et cette couleur ce rose, quel beuaté et ce graphsime d'escaliers, fantastique compo.

Bravo et maitié

Nicou

DjoleEric (0) 2011-09-11 3:18

Hello friend.
Excellent work.
Good display colors and sharpness.
Good quality and severity of the image.
Have a nice day.
Djole.

lakshmip1949 (19110) 2011-09-11 3:27

Hello Stephen,

A beautiful shot of this hotel with lots of architectural details, colors and sharpness.

Lakshmi

Sergiom (39336) 2011-09-11 6:33

Bonjour Stephen,

Le temps est gris, une légère brume recouvre le tout et c'est très beau. L'architecture est impressionnante et le point de vue est parfait.

Amicalement

Serge

ikeharel (37424) 2011-09-11 8:11

Hi Stephen,
I wish our own Hotel-de-Ville would resemble just a bit to this magnificent palace.
Fantastic Architecture's, nice mild brown tone, well collected fine details.
Regards
Ike

gildasjan (38232) 2011-09-11 10:16

Bonsoir Stephen
le carré loge bien la perspective de ce magnifique hôtel de ville.Un très beau rendu en teintes chaudes.
Bonne soirée
Amicalement
gildas

Budapestman (82620) 2011-09-11 13:00

Hi Stephen,
a superb photo of this architecture, beautiful details and the composition is attractive, Tfs! Have a nice week! Kellemes hetet kívánok!
György

Fis2 (73146) 2011-09-11 13:01

Witaj Stephen!
Beautiful building.
Good frame and perspective.
I like composition and delicate colors.
Nice week
Krzysztof

jlbrthnn (79773) 2011-09-11 13:17

Bonsoir Stephen,
Je reconnais aisément ce magnifique bâtiment. Belle image parfaitement composée. Excellente qualité aussi. Je suppose que tu t'es arrêté à La Tartine ;). Bravo.
Bonne soirée
Amicalement
Joël

Graal (88982) 2011-09-11 23:51

Bonjour Stephen,
very nice architecture of hotel. Beautiful facade. Good composition and presentation. I like it.
Have a nice day.
Aleksander

dkmurphys (36857) 2011-09-12 1:08

Hi Stephen,
I like the old architecture, a beautiful place. Also I'm glad to see all those bikes and bicycles.
Have a great week.

Silvio1953 (98259) 2011-09-12 6:41

Ciao Stephen, great perspective on fantastic building,beautiful Grey sky, splendid light and wonderful natural colors, very well done my friend, ciao Silvio

francio64 (38188) 2011-09-12 14:28

Hi Stephen,
un grande formato quadrato per inserire interamente l'Hotel de Ville.
Ottima prospettiva con una buona profondità di campo.

Well done!
Francesco

emka (58224) 2011-09-12 15:57

Hi Stephen,

Beautiful building of this Town hall in the style of French Renaissance, like a chateau. Superb composition from the side. interesting colours in the cloudy day.

WArm regrads

Malgo.

npecanhuk (53919) 2011-09-12 18:01

Hi Stephen!
Wonderful building!
Attractive picture specially for its chosen pov, composition and colors!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

Cricri (86535) 2011-09-12 22:46

Hi Stephen
Bel angle de prise de hôtel de ville a l'architecture imposante et intéressante, bon cadrage avec les escalier et l'arbre, bonne préservation de la lumière du moment
Belle journée
cricri

delpeoples (45018) 2011-09-13 6:52

Hi Stephen

What a posh looking town hall. They're all class in France, it looks more like a palace. Excellent side-on POV which includes the staircase on the left, another interesting element in the photo. Beautiful architecture of course, sorry you had more grey skie :(

Amities
Lisa