Editing Gothic architecture (section)

== Civic architecture ==
{{Main|Gothic secular and domestic architecture}}
	
In the 15th century, following the late Gothic period or flamboyant style, elements of Gothic decoration began to appear in the town halls of northern France, Flanders and the Netherlands. The Rouen Courthouse in Normandy is representative of Flamboyant Gothic in France. The Hôtel de Ville of [[Compiègne]] has an imposing Gothic bell tower, featuring a spire surrounded by smaller towers, and its windows are decorated with ornate [[Accolade (architecture)|accolades]] or ornamental arches. Similarly flamboyant town halls were found in [[Arras]], [[Douai]], and [[Saint-Quentin, Aisne]], and in modern Belgium, in [[Brussels]], [[Ghent]], [[Bruges]], [[Audenarde]], [[Mons, Belgium|Mons]] and [[Leuven]].{{sfn|Ducher|1988|p=64}}

Gothic civil architecture in Spain includes the [[Llotja de la Seda|Silk Exchange]] in [[Valencia]], Spain (1482–1548), a major marketplace, which has a main hall with twisting columns beneath its vaulted ceiling.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=UNESCO World Heritage |title=La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/782/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |language=en}}</ref>

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File:Hildesheim Rathaus 2012-02.jpg|[[Hildesheim]] Town Hall, Germany (13/14th c.)
File:Ayuntamiento Principal, Gdansk, Polonia, 2013-05-20, DD 07.jpg|[[Gdańsk]] Town Hall, Poland (15th c.)
File:Carillon Douai.jpg|Bell tower of the Hotel de Ville of [[Douai]], France (14th c.)
File:Brussels, townhall oeg2043-00090 foto3 2015-06-07 08.38.jpg|[[Brussels Town Hall|Brussels' Town Hall]] (15th century)
File:Belfry of Bruges.jpg|[[Belfry of Bruges]] in [[Bruges]], Belgium (13th c. (lower stages), 15th c. (upper stages)
File:Llonja.jpg|[[Llotja de la Seda|Silk Exchange]], [[Valencia]] (1482–1548)
File:BIG 262042912040411.jpg|Gallery of [[Palau de la Generalitat]], [[Barcelona]] (1403)
File:Townhall of Middelburg at 4 May 2012 in the morning - panoramio.jpg|[[Middelburg Town Hall]], Netherlands (1520)
File:Gouda Stadhuis during sunny day 2017.jpg|Town Hall [[Gouda, Netherlands]] (1459)
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