Hoorn - Town Hall

(Local Name: Stadhuis) The Town Hall (Stadhuis), in Nieuwstraat, was built in 1402 and originally housed the convent of St Cecilia. In the Council Chamber (1787), once the chapel of the convent, is a painting (by Blanderhoff, 1633) of the naval battle of 1573. In 1613 the facade of the convent was given a new gable and a double staircase. It became the Town Hall in 1796.