"Outside the Capitole" Top 5 Page for this destination Place du Capitole Tip by hquittner

The Capitole is a long building (128m) whose facade was built in 1750 by G. Cammas, to conceal the buildings behind it. Most were later demolished. Remarkably, it achieves its function and provides symbolism and backdrop. Within the building, to the north, is the Hotel de Ville. Running East-West at the center is an arcaded courtyard with an entry at either end emptying into the Pace du Capitole Westward and the Square Chas. de Gaulle to the East. The South part of the structure contains the Theater which houses the Opera and the Symphony Orchestra.The east facade was completed in 1883 as a simpler version of the west one.(Some interiors of merit have been painted by Henri Martin, a native son, and others were also commissioned in the late 19C but we did not enter to see them)..