Government of Gibraltar

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE RESTORED
COUNCIL CHAMBER AND MAYOR'S PARLOUR

Gibraltar Heritage Trust

 

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The ceiling of the Mayor's Parlour

The Mayor's Parlour.

The ceiling of The Mayor's Parlour was also richly decorated but in a softer style featuring floral motifs and cherubs. The original wall paintings have been lost. In keeping with the surviving floral theme of the ceiling decorations, these lost paintings have been replaced by new images of flowers indigenous to Gibraltar painted in the same style.

It is the intention of the Gibraltar Heritage Trust to continue its work in the City Hall by restoring the dining room and to reinstall the 'massive richly carved sideboard' which was part of the original furniture of the room and is still in Gibraltar today. There are plans to use the restored dining room for a museum of memorabilia pertaining to the building, which has played such a significant role in the history of Gibraltar.

Left: The ceiling of the Mayor's Parlour.

Flowers from top to bottom:

Gibraltar Chickweed - Cerastium gibraltaricum
Gibraltar Chickweed - Cerastium gibraltaricum

Gibraltar Candytuft - Iberis gibraltarica
Gibraltar Candytuft - Iberis gibraltarica

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