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Vomitorium of the Toulouse amphitheatre. The Romans began their conquest of southern Gaul (later known as the Provincia) in 125 BC. In 118 BC they founded the colony of Narbo Martius (Narbonne, the Mediterranean city nearest to inland Toulouse) and made contact with the Tolosates, noted for their wealth and the position of their capital for trade with the Atlantic.
1852 - Pont Saint-Pierre de Toulouse (bridge) built. 1856 - Toulouse railway network established. 1860 - Basilica of Saint-Sernin restored by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. [5] 1862 - Toulouse tramway (1862) begins operating. [22] 1865 - Natural history Muséum de Toulouse opens. [19] 1870 - La Dépêche de Toulouse newspaper begins publication. [21]
The Muséum de Toulouse (Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de la ville de Toulouse, MHNT) is a museum of natural history in Toulouse, France. It is located in the Busca-Montplaisir neighborhood of the city, houses a collection of more than 2.5 million items, and has some 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) of exhibition space. [ 1 ]
The Musée des Augustins de Toulouse (French pronunciation: [myze dez‿oɡystɛ̃ də tuluz]) is a fine arts museum in Toulouse, France which conserves a collection of sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century.
Musée Saint-Raymond (in English, Saint-Raymond museum) is the archeological museum of Toulouse, opened in 1892.The site originally was a necropolis, and in later constructions was a hospital for the poor and pilgrims, prison, student residence, stables, barracks and presbytery, eventually becoming a museum in 1891.
It was in the Henri IV courtyard that Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency was decapitated after his rebellion against Cardinal Richelieu in 1632. [5] [6] The Salle du jeu de Spectacle (the room for shows), from which the Théâtre du Capitole Opera Company and the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse later emerged, was created ...
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Toulouse has two ports: the port de l'Embouchure is located at the junction of the Canal du Midi, the Canal de Brienne, and the Lateral canal of the Garonne while Port Saint-Sauveur is located in the centre of town near the Hall of Grains. There were two other ports in Toulouse but they were destroyed for urban development.