Odessa City Hall

It occupies a Neoclassical building, built to a design by Francesco Boffo and Gregorio Toricelli in 1828-34. The frontage features two large statues depicting Ceres and Mercury in their roles as the goddess of agriculture and the god of trade respectively, marking the buildings original purpose as an Exchange.nEvery half-hour, the clock above the entrance chimes the melody “Odessa my town” (the same tune greeting incoming trains at the Odessa Train Station). This is from the operetta White Acacia by the Soviet composer Isaac Dunayevsky.n