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Toulouse (/ t uː ˈ l uː z /, too-LOOZ; [7] French: ⓘ; Occitan: Tolosa) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania.The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the Mediterranean Sea, 230 km (143 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean and 680 km (420 mi) from Paris.
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.
250 - Martyrdom of Saint Saturnin, first bishop of Toulouse. 413 - Toulouse taken by forces of Visigoth Ataulf. [3] [4] 419 - Wallia makes Toulouse the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom. [3] [5] 439 - Battle of Toulouse (439) 458 - Battle of Toulouse (458) 508 - Clovis I in power. [3] 631 - Toulouse becomes capital of the Duchy of Aquitaine. [6]
The reigns of Chindaswinth and his son Recceswinth saw the compilation of the most important Visigothic law book, the Liber Iudiciorum (Spanish: Fuero Juzgo, English: Book of Judgements), also called Lex Visigothorum or the Visigothic Code promulgated by king Chindaswinth (642–653 AD) and completed in 654 by his son, king Recceswinth (649 ...
The borders of the department follow the river. The Garonne enters France from Spain at the town of Fos, and goes through Toulouse and leaves the department. The extreme south of the department lies in the Pyrenees mountain range and is very mountainous. The highest elevation is the Peak of Perdiguère, at 3,222 meters (10,571 feet) above sea ...
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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]
Following their successful invasion of France earlier in the year, an allied army of the Sixth Coalition, composed of British, Portuguese and Spanish troops under the supreme command of the Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington, laid siege to the city of Toulouse, one of the few remaining urban centres in France still loyal to Napoleon.