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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 count of Toulouse (Occitan: comte de Tolosa, French: comte de Toulouse) was the ruler of Toulouse during the 8th to 13th centuries. Originating as vassals of the Frankish kings, [1] the hereditary counts ruled the city of Toulouse and its surrounding county from the late 9th century until 1270.
The Capitole de Toulouse (Occitan: Capitòli de Tolosa; lit. ' Capitol of Toulouse '), commonly known as the Capitole, is the heart of the municipal administration and the city hall of the French city of Toulouse. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1840. [1]
Gaspard de Fieubet (December 3, 1622, in Toulouse - November 8, 1686, Château de Caumont) was a French magistrate. He served as president of the Parlement of Toulouse from 1653 to 1686, hailing from a prominent family in the legal and financial spheres.
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 ]
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The House of Toulouse, sometimes called House of Saint-Gilles or Raimondines, is a family of Frankish origin established in Languedoc having owned the County of Toulouse.Its first representative was Fulcoald of Rouergue, who died after 837, whose sons Fredelo and Raymond I were the first hereditary counts of Toulouse from 849 to 863; the last holder of the county in the agnatic line was ...