Toulouse inheritance wealth

 Visit of the Roman Anthic theatre of Toulouse : Built about the middle of the 1st century. It is the only ancient monument still visible in Toulouse.
 The Saint-Raymond museum proposes the archaeological and historical discovery of this site.
 Pierre d'Assézat hotel : Splendid private mansion of the 16th century built by Nicolas Graduate for Pierre d' Assézat who owes his fortune to a tinctorial plant : the pastel. This residence accomodates the Foundation Bemberg, museum private which presents in a permanent way a very interesting collection of tables, bronzes and objets d'art.

The bazacle

 Visite the Bazacle : Old ford around whose the city of Toulouse was created, Bazacle accomodated various activities like the tannery, the spinning mill and the tobacco.
 Renaissance style by the architect Louis Privat in 16th century. This hotel has the highest tower of staircase octagonal of the city.

Capitole

 Capitole : Current seat of the Town hall and the National Theatre of Capitole, this building is remarkable from its 8 pink marble columns in frontage.
 The Municipal Center of the Postcard and Graphic Art, Many exposures. Specialized library, slide library, map library and photographic library.

Pierre hotel

 Clary hotel or Bagis hotel known as Pierre hotel : Jean de Bagis, President at the requests of the Parliament is at the origin of this beautiful residence.
 Discover Saint-Pierre des cuisines : Older religious building of the south-west, built on a Gallo-roman necropolis

The jacobins church and cloisters

 The Jacobins Church and Cloisters, 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.
 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.
 The Canal du Midi: The Canal du Midi was built, stimulating the grain and wine trade. This major work, conceived by Paul Riquet, linked the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. The Canal du Midi is one of the UNESCO world-wide Heritage Inventory.

Les abattoirs - modern and contemporary art centre

 Les Abattoirs - Modern and Contemporary Art Centre: Designed by Urbain Vitry, the slaughterhouse area and its building are national heritage sites. The highlight here is the Picasso Room, displaying his original famous stage curtain painted in 1936, La Dépouille du Minotaure en Costume d’Arlequin (The Minotaure’s body dressed in Arlequin’s costume). With 2000 works on show, this museum is the first of a new generation of cultural centres in France.
 Chateau d’Eau Photographic Gallery: A circular public water tower built in 1822 – the year Niepce invented photography – today houses a photographic gallery developed by the Toulouse photographer Jean Dieuzaide. Exceptional temporary exhibitions have been bringing the best of the world’s images to Toulouse since the gallery’s opening in 1974.

Notre dame de la dalbade

 Notre Dame de la Dalbade, 16th century: In the typmanum is a ceramic copy (1874) of Fra Angelico’s Coronation of the Virgin.
 Hotel du Vieux Raisin, 16th century: The rich stonework is a typical 2nd Renaissance reference to the Antique style.
 Musée des Augustins: In the Augustinian convent, one of the finest and most complete monastic ensembles from the 14th and 15th centuries. Turned into a museum after the Revolution, it contains a rich and varied collection of Romanesque sculptures as well as works by Rodin, Camille Claudel and Maillol; Italian art by Pérugin, Crespi and Guardi; and some of Modern Art’s early paintings by Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Vuillard and Manguin.