VISITORS to Calais cannot fail to notice the beautiful tower of the town hall, the Hotel de Ville, which dominates its surroundings.
The clock tower rises to a height of 75 metres (250 ft) and makes a marvellous sight when floodlit at night.
The Hotel de Ville was built between 1911 and 1925 in the Neo-Flemish style of the 15th Century and features superb stained-glass windows depicting the English king Edward III's siege of the town as well as its liberation by the Duke of Guise in 1558.
There is also an outstanding painting of
