From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extract text : " In this fine hall GUILDHALL.—This represents in London what the Hotel de Ville does to many a Continental City, it is the seat Of the Civic or Municipal power. It was built about 1411 to but was partially destroyed in the citizens meet to elect their Lord Mayor, and here that august individual gives his inaugural banquet. the Great Fire, but the walls, windows, and superb crypt were uninjured. The present fine oak roof was added about 35 years ago. Some of the memorial statuary is fine, At one end are preserved th
From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extract text : " In this fine hall GUILDHALL.—This represents in London what the Hotel de Ville does to many a Continental City, it is the seat Of the Civic or Municipal power. It was built about 1411 to but was partially destroyed in the citizens meet to elect their Lord Mayor, and here that august individual gives his inaugural banquet. the Great Fire, but the walls, windows, and superb crypt were uninjured. The present fine oak roof was added about 35 years ago. Some of the memorial statuary is fine, At one end are preserved the huge painted and gilded effigies of Gog and Magog, two fabulous giants of antiquity, formerly carried in the Lord Mayor's procession Adjacent to the Hall, and communicating with it, is the Library, Museum, Council Chamber, Picture Gallery, and other Civic Offices, the entrance is free to all. "
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