Toulouse

Toulouse

Travel guide and tourist information

Travel guide and tourist information

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION			CLOSEST TOWNS
Town	Toulouse		Balma at 5.9 km (15 min)
Insee code	31555		Ramonville-Saint-Agne at 7.2 km (17 min)
Postcode	31500		Quint-Fonsegrives at 8.7 km (19 min)
Latitude	43.6046520		L'Union at 9.1 km (18 min)
Longitude	1.4442090		Montrabé at 9.3 km (19 min)
Altitude	From 115 to 263 meters		Vieille-Toulouse at 9.6 km (17 min)
Surface	118.30 km²		Pechbusque at 9.9 km (17 min)
Population	439453 inhabitants		Pin-Balma at 10 km (20 min)
Density	3756 inhabitants/km²		Aucamville at 10.6 km (19 min)
National labels			Saint-Jean at 11.2 km (21 min)
Department	Haute-Garonne		Rouffiac-Tolosan at 11.7 km (23 min)
Region	Midi-Pyrénées		Search another town

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Of the Garonne to the Canal du Midi, St. Sernin to the Cité de l'Espace, Toulouse sows invitations to come and discover its many faces.

• The Capitol

• The Capitol is an absolute must for visitors and Toulouse. It was completed in its present form in 1759, with a long frontage of over 128 meters. Its eight columns represent the eight Capitouls who ran the city from the 12th century. Today, the Capitol is always the City Hall Toulouse. It contains beautiful paintings in their rooms: Gervais room, dining room and especially Henri Martin illustrators.
• Outside, the yard fourth Henri has been restored and a bronze cross of Languedoc was plotted at the center of the square. For 300 years, the Dungeon, currently head of the Office of Tourism has replaced an old defensive tower.

• The Basilica of St. Sernin:

• After the Capitol is the second landmark of Toulouse.
• The Basilica was built in the 11th century to commemorate the memory of Saint-Sernin, the first bishop and martyr Toulouse. It is the largest Romanesque in the world and probably one of the most beautiful. In 1096, the eastern part of the church, the ambulatory, the chapels and the choir had been completed. The second part of the building, the nave, the facade and two towers were launched later by Canon Gairard. The basilica has undergone since its construction including the many restorations of Viollet-le-Duc. A few years ago, a new shipyard in Saint-Sernin restored its original appearance. Today it is the beautiful "coral flower" sung by Nougaro.

• The cloister of the Jacobins:

• This convent complex is a former convent of the Dominicans built between the late 13th century and the beginning of the fourteenth. This is an example of Languedoc Gothic art. The monument receives 200,000 visitors a year.
• The inner brightness contrast with the external discipline of the monument. The nave is separated by double columns of 20 meters high, and the ribs of the apse are the famous palm of the Jacobins. The cloister, he is known for its columns and capitals of marble with floral and animal.

• The Cathedral of Saint-Etienne:

• The construction of the cathedral lasted five centuries from the 13th to the 17th century. This is one of the most curious monuments of Toulouse as it is in fact a collage of several buildings over the centuries. Unconventional, it is remarkable for its rose window and its 17chapelles.

• The Hotel de Bernuy:

• This is part of the current school Pierre de Fermat. This house was built between 1530 and 1550 by Jean de Bernuy, merchant enriched by trade pastel. We admire the carved front door, side concierge, and especially the splendid staircase.

• The Hotel of Assézat:

• Built at the request of Pierre Assézat in 1555, is an emblematic building of the rich and Capitouls pastelière time. It was probably directed by Nicolas Bachelier, architect and sculptor who has marked the Renaissance Toulouse.
• The hotel was renovated by the City of Toulouse to host the Bemberg Foundation. We discover a room dedicated to the painter Bonnard, but you can also see paintings of the Renaissance, of Corot, Van Dick, Manet, Tintoretto ...

• The Hotel-Dieu

• On the left bank of the Garonne, this imposing building has served as a hospice for eight centuries. It was once an important step on the road to Saint Jacques de Compostela. In 1257, it developed on the site of two older hospitals: St. Mary's Hospital and the Daurade Novel. Entrusted to the Brotherhood of Saint-Jacques, they were combined into one Hôtel-Dieu Hospital became in 1554.
• He welcomed all the poor, beggars, vagrants, and loose women pilgrims. His role was to collect more than treatment. It became a center for care and education in the 19th century. Today, there is the administrative center of University Hospital and more recently, a museum of medicine and medical instruments museum Hospitals Toulouse.

• The Musée des Augustins:

• A few steps from the Place Saint-Georges and St. Stephen's Cathedral is the real Museum of Fine Arts Toulouse. Founded in 1795 in a former convent, representative of the medieval Gothic style, it was one of the first museums in France and has been enriched with the revolutionary seizures. In recent years, a renewal policy has put more value in the works, the Sculpture Gallery on the ground floor is a must see, and temporary exhibitions of works composed in part of the museum, and partly works on loan, allow the public to gradually rediscover a very rich: there are over 4000 sculptures and paintings, including Rubens, Delacroix, Corot ... We must also take advantage of its cloister surrounding the former botanical garden the convent, which ensures a row of terrible gargoyles.

• The Fondation Bemberg:

• A few hundred feet of the Augustinians, going towards the Garonne, the Hotel d'Assezat, a masterpiece of the Renaissance, home to the Bemberg Foundation, based in Toulouse by a patron from a family of industrialists Germans settled in Argentina. History says that Georges Bemberg, Francophile, bought his first painting, a gouache of Pissarro at the age of 20 years for $ 200.
• Since 1995, The City of Toulouse has made available to the Hotel d'Assezat for the public to enjoy its collection including a thirty paintings by Bonnard. The premises, recently expanded with the acquisition of a nearby building, can accommodate new works and a conference room. One can admire works by Cézanne, Signac, Picasso, but also antique furniture and art objects from the 16th to the 18th century.

• The Slaughterhouse - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art:

• This museum houses a unique collection of over 2000 works for browsing art movements born of World War II to the new forms of contemporary art, both from the Mediterranean as the Far East and the United States .
• Every year, this former 19th century industrial site hosting major exhibitions.

• The Museum of Antiquities Saint-Raymond:

• Going back to the old town at the foot of Saint-Sernin, the visitor discovers the most distant past when the city of Toulouse was still pink Tolosa, the Museum of Antiquities Saint-Raymond.
• Restored in recent years, the museum moved into a college dating from the 13th century. We discover the richness of ancient Toulouse, especially a collection of Roman sculptures, unique in Europe, consisting of busts from the Villa Chiragan at Martres Tolosane, through which we discover portraits of Roman emperors and bas reliefs representing the labors of Hercules. We can also see Christian sarcophagi and a set of objects from the medieval necropolis in the area.
• Information: Tel. : +33 5 61 22 31 44.

• The Musée Paul Dupuy - Graphic Arts and Decorative Arts:

• Founded by Paul Dupuy, a great lover of art, brings together a vast collection of drawings (Ingres, Delacroix, Toulouse Lautrec), engravings, but also ivories, enamels old, ceramics and a collection of watchmaking. This museum is housed in the former Hotel Besson.

• The Georges-Labit Museum:

• It offers its visitors all kinds of items from India, China, Japan, joined by a spice merchant became a collector. There is also of Egyptian Antiquities.
• Take the time to enjoy the lovely garden that surrounds it.

• Flamenco Festival: in March.
• Forum de l'Image, in April.
• Inox Festival: May.
• Rio Loco Festival: in June
• The Marathon des Mots: in June
• The Electronic Siestes: in July.
• Toulouse Summer: July and August.
• Toulouse beaches in July and August.
• Spring in September in September.
• Piano aux Jacobins in September.
• Cinespaña: in October.
• Antiques Fair: in November.

Musée des Augustins		Pont Neuf over the Garonne
Portal of the Basilica of St. Sernin		Donjon du Capitole (tourist office)
Capitol - Fronton Central		Capitol - left Fronton
Capitol - Fronton Law		Our Lady of Dalbade
The Garonne		Expo former tramway
Facade of Saint-Raymond museum

Tuesday 14 February Day Night Min. -2°C - Max. 1°C

Wednesday 15 February Day Night Min. 1°C - Max. 6°C

Thursday 16 February Day Night Min. -2°C - Max. 6°C

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