It was in 1772 that the then Archbishop Ferdinand Maximilien Meriadec, Duc de Rohan, had given the orders for the construction of this palace, in place of an older palace from around 1600. Behind comes a courtyard, the 'Cour d'Honneur' and then the building with the offices of the 'Mairie'. At the front, facing Place Pey-Berland is an arcade with a portico in the middle, surrounded by engaged Ionian columns. The Hotel de Ville is not open to the public, except for some rare special occasions, but one can admire its exterior and the 'Jardins de la Mairie' garden at its back. At its south is the St.André Cathedral and to the east its separate bell tower Pey-Berland. On this square is also a statue of Jacques Chaban-Delmas, his predecessor as mayor of Bordeaux and also a former prime minister, whose face is looking towards his former office, the Hotel de Ville, to the west of the Place. As it says on a bronze plaque the Place Pey-Berland was inaugurated in its actual form by former prime minister and Bordeaux mayor Alain Juppé in 2004.
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