Gibraltar City Hall
Gibraltar City Hall | |
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Former names | Club House, Club House Hotel, Connaught House |
Alternative names | City Hall |
General information | |
Architectural style | Regency |
Location | Gibraltar |
Address | John Mackintosh Square |
Coordinates | 36°08′27″N 5°21′16″W / 36.140853°N 5.354454°W |
Current tenants | Anthony Lima, Mayor of Gibraltar |
Completed | 1819 |
Owner | Government of Gibraltar |
The Gibraltar City Hall is the former
city hall for Gibraltar, centrally located within the city at the west end of John Mackintosh Square. It is the office of the Mayor of Gibraltar
and since 2023 has been the location of the Registry of Marriages.
History
The building was a private mansion built in 1819[1] by Aaron Cardozo, a prosperous merchant of Jewish Portuguese descent who had settled in Gibraltar, as his family home. It was the grandest private mansion ever seen in Gibraltar.[2] The three-storey house dominated John Mackintosh Square.
It was erected on the site of the old hospital and chapel of La Santa Misericordia (English: The Holy Mercy) and later prison.
After his death in 1834, his mansion was leased to
Gibraltar City Council.[5] Since 1926, the Gibraltar telephone service was operated by the City Council,[6] and an automatic exchange serving the territory was installed in the last floor of the building,[7] The building was later extended (including a new storey and a new body to the North) modifying its original symmetry. Nowadays, it houses the Mayor
's Parlour.
National Gallery
In 2015,
HM Government of Gibraltar set up the Mario Finlayson National Art Gallery at the City Hall. The gallery exhibits the works of prominent Gibraltarian artists such as Gustavo Bacarisas, Jacobo Azagury, Leni Mifsud, and Rudesindo Mannia. Some works by Mario Finlayson are also on display.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d (Benady, 18)
- ^ a b (Bond, 48)
- ^ (Bond, 49)
- ^ Mascarenhas, Alice (10 August 2010). "Lombard brings a new sense of history to the role". Gibraltar Chronicle. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ^ (Benady, 19)
- ^ (Constantine, 337)
- ^ (Romero Frías, 68-69)
- ^ "Mario Finlayson National Art Gallery opens its doors". Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-948466-37-5.
- Bond, Peter (2003). 300 Years of British Gibraltar 1704-2004. Peter-Tan Publishing Co.
- ISBN 978-0-7190-8054-8.
- Romero Frías, Rafael (1994). Fundación Arte y Tecnología de ISBN 84-604-9745-3.)
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