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St Sernin Basilica, 11th-12th century:
Built as a major stopping-place on the pilgrims road to Compostella in Spain-the church contains the relics of St Sernin-The Basilica is one of the biggest and most beautiful romanesque churches in southern Europe.
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St Etienne Cathedral, 13th-17th century:
A curious mass of towering bricks and changing styles, being built over 400 years and never finished.
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The Jacobins Church and Cloister, 16th century:
The tall and sober, ochre-brick exterior with its buttresses and slender recessed windows, leaves the visitor ill-prepared for the striking beauty of the slender columns that divide the church lengthwise. The vault is over 90 feet high, supported by seven columns the last of which flares out into 22 ribs like a spreading palm, enhanced by red and green outlines.
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Notre Dame de la Dalbade, 16th century:
In the typmanum is a ceramic copy (1874) of Fra Angelico's Coronation of the Virgin.
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La Daurade, 19th century:
In this church, a Black Virgin and Child in wood was venerated for over 400 years. Burnt in 1799, the copy sculpted from memory 8 years later, is still a famous local symbol.
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Notre Dame du Taur, 14th century:
Typical « toulousain » style with its brick facade topped by a bell cote, the church is said to have been built on the site of St Sernin's martyrdom. He had been drawn through the streets by a raging bull, a taureau, hence Taur.
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Le Capitole, 16th-19th century:
The present Toulouse City Hall and Theatre, has a 420 feet facade featuring 8 rose marble columns, a superb courtyard called Henri IV commemorating the place where the Duke de Montmorency was executed and a rich decorated Welcoming Reception Hall called « Salles des Illustres ».
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Hotel d'Assézat, 16th century:
Built by Pierre d'Assezat, « Prince of Pastel ». This wealthy merchant had Nicholas Bachelier-who also designed the Pont Neuf-built him this superb « hotel particulier » with its triple-order façade, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.
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Hotel de Clary 16th-17th century (also called Hotel de Pierre):
Sculptures by Bachelier and a superb courtyard. The overpowering facade was made from marble dredged from the river Garonne which was originally intended for the Pont Neuf. The scuplted motifs were added in a less-enlightened 1857.
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Hotel du Vieux Raisin, 16th century:
The rich stonework is a typical 2nd Renaissance reference to the Antique style.
The above is just a sample! Some streets are simply full of splendid town houses. Let's go Rue de la Dalbade, for example.
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