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A busy pedestrianized
street in Toulouse’s
beautiful historic centre

4 the Dominicans to preach
against Cathar heretics, and
TOULOUSE be came the founding insti-
tution of Toulouse Univ ersity.
Its church, a Gothic master-
piece, features a soaring,
! D6 ⌂ Haute-Garonne k 6 km (4 miles) NW Toul ouse
£ Gare Matabiau @ Blvd Pierre Semard n Don jon du 22-branched palm tree vault
Capitole; 08 92 180 180; www.toulouse-welcome.com in the apse. The delicate
Gothic Chapelle St-Antonin
This warm southern city, today a popular university (1337) contains frescoes of the
town, was founded by the Roman on the Garonne. It Apocalypse dating from 1341.
flourished as a Visi goth city, then as a Renaissance
town of towered brick palaces built with the wealth
generated by the pastel (blue pigment) and grain 3 "'-= Hotel Saint- Gare SNCF / Routière
PLACE
trades. The Old Town centres around place du Capitole. Fondation Bemberg Basilique Sernin Jeanne JEANNE 450 m (500 yd)
a’Arc
D'ARC
⌂ Hôtel d’Assézat, 7 pl RUE DE LA CHAINE St-Sernin ST-SERNIN R U E B E L L E G A R D E MATABIAU
PLACE
1 Abattoirs. There is a rolling d’Assézat # Tue–Sun RUE LEJEUNE R U E DES PU I TS CR E U SÉS Musée RUE DENFERT-ROCHEREAU
programme of exhibits, as
Les Abattoirs well as installations and an ¢ 1 Jan, 25 Dec BOU LVA RD AR M AND D UP ORTAL St-Raymond RUE DU PERIGORD BOULEVARD DE STRASBOURG
RUE DES SALENQUES
outdoor sculpture park. ∑ fondation-bemberg.fr Université RUE R. A. LAUTMANN A L L E E S J E A N - J A U R È S
Toulouse
⌂ 76 Allées Charles de Fitte This 16th-century palace 1 Capitole RUE DU TAUR du-Taur RUE ALSACE LORRAINE VICTOR-
PLACE
RUE DES
Notre-
#12–6pm Wed–Sun (til 7pm Dame- RUE REMUSAT HUGO SEPT TROUBADOURS
PLACE
Thurs) ∑ lesabattoirs.orgr houses the collection of local A-FRANCE R U E D E S L O I S R. D’AUSTERLITZ
2 RUE DEVILLE Les Jean- RUE GABRIEL PÉRI
The city’s former abattoir has Canal de Cordeliers Jaurès
been superbly converted into Les Jacobins Brienne R UE VA L ADE RUE ROMIGUIERES Le RUE LA FAYETTE WILSON
PLACE
a centre for modern and ⌂ Rue Lakanal #Tue–Sun RUE PARGAMINI E RE S Capitole Capitole Théâtre
contemporary art, Les Les RUE MIREPOIX PLACE DU RUE DE L'HUILE de la Cité
CAPITOLE
∑ jacobins.toulouse.fr QUAI ST PIERRE Jacobins RUE LAKANAL
A L L É E D E BARCE LO N E
BOULEVARD LAZAR
The Jacobins convent, with its ST-PIERRE RUE PAUL MÉRIEL OCCITANE
PLACE
PLACE
church and cloisters, was R U E L A R R E Y RUE GAMBETTA
Musée du
Vieux
Did You Know? begun in 1229 and completed Les Abattoirs RUE DES BLANCHERS Toulouse R U E S T - R O M E R U E B A R O N I E RUE R U E ST-ANTO I NE RUE MAURICE-FONVIELLE E CARNOT
over the next two centuries. 450 m Pont QUAI LUCIEN LOMBARD RUE ALSACE LORRAINE PLACE ASPE RUE RENÉE
(500 yd)
Toulouse is known as The convent was founded by St-Pierre STE-URS DE LA POMME RUE DES ARTS ST-GEORGES
ST-ETIENNE
RUE DU REMPART
RUE
the “Pink City” because PLACE DE LA RUE PEYRAS SAINT-ÉTIENNE
the sun turns its pale- Garonne DAURADE RUE CUJAS ULE R. DES CHANGES 4 km (2.5 miles)
Cité de l’Espace
brick buildings all Basilique de Fondation ESQUIROL Musée des RUE BOULBONNE R U E D E M E T Z
PLACE
Bemberg
shades of pink. Bright blue skies above ST-CYPRIEN Notre-Dame Augustins
PLACE
the church and cloister of de-la-Daurade Hotel des Esquirol ST-ETIENNE
13th-century Les Jacobins Beaux Arts PLACE DE LA RUE CROIX-BARAGNON
TRINITÉ
0 metres 200 N Pont La Cour RUE Cathédrale
des Consuls
St-Etienne
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