Angoulême Town Hall (Hôtel de Ville) with advertising banners for cultural events – the city lives and breathes culture 365 days a year, Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. French flags and banners on the façade advertise events such as the Festival Musiques Métisses and the Festival Limo Photographique. A large banner presents the town as a UNESCO Creative City ("Ville créative de l'UNESCO"). Musiques Métisses was founded in the city in 1976 as a jazz festival and later opened up to music from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. The Gothic Revival tow