PATRIMOINE - Hôtel de Ville

Built in 1933 in pure Art Deco style, the Hôtel de Ville is the antithesis of traditional Creusoise buildings. It has cubic forms and vertical lines. The banister of the monumental staircase, the decoration of the council chamber and the marriage hall (appropriately adorned with Aubusson tapestry furniture) were designed by architect and decorator Lucien Rollin.

Above the main door, the town?s coat of arms: a Vert bush surmounted by 2 stars and a crescent moon. Aubusson?s motto "inter spinas floret" (it blooms amidst the thorns) conveys the image of a town that flourished despite the difficulties of the terrain, wars and invasions. The Vert bush surmounted by a crescent moon and two stars is certainly borrowed from the coinage of the Lusignan family, Counts of La Marche in the 12th century.

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