Town Hall, Nadvirna

TheNadvirna Town Hall is the premises of the magistrate of the town of Nadvirna (Ivano-Frankivsk oblast). The town hall is located on the central square of the town.

The Magdeburg right was granted to Nadvirna in 1591, so as an integral attribute of the city, there was a need to have a building for the city government - the town hall. Thus, in 1601, the first town hall was built in the town, which has not survived to this day. It was rebuilt in the late eighteenth century. During a large fire in August 1914, the upper part of the building burned down, and it was rebuilt in the first half of the nineteenth century. During the reconstruction in the 70s of the twentieth century, a mansard roof was added and the town hall became three-story.

The building is rectangular in plan. It does not have a large number of decorative elements, but its severity is softened by the narrow risalit of the main façade and broken roof lines, as well as the original tower with a tent roof made in the Ukrainian (Hutsul) style.

The Town Hall Tower has changed its appearance several times. It is not tall and rather massive, but thanks to the risalit, of which it is a continuation, and the spiked roof with dormer windows, a balcony, and a clock, it gives the whole building a lightness.

In Soviet times, the town hall housed the district House of Culture. Today it houses various public and private institutions.

Around the town hall, the so-called "middle quarter" of Rynok Square has been slightly preserved. This is where the most interesting houses of Nadvirna are located.