Berne - Town Council

(Local Name: Rathaus) At the far end of Rathausgasse, on right, leads to the Rathaus (Council House, the seat of the Great Council of the canton of Berne and of the Berne Town Council), in Late Burgundian Gothic style, built in 1406- 16, much altered in 1866 and restored in the original style in 1939-42. In the square in front of the Rathaus stands the Banner-Carrier or Venner fountain (1542).