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The history of Toulouse, in Occitania, southern France, traces back to ancient times. After Roman rule, the city was ruled by the Visigoths and Merovingian and Carolingian Franks . Capital of the County of Toulouse during the Middle Ages , today it is the capital of the Midi-Pyrénées region.
The Musée Saint-Raymond is devoted to Antiquity and the Muséum de Toulouse to natural history. Toulouse is the seat of the Académie des Jeux Floraux, the equivalent of the French Academy for the Occitan-speaking regions of southern France, making Toulouse the unofficial capital of Occitan culture.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Toulouse, France ... 1865 - Natural history Muséum de Toulouse opens. [19] 1870 ...
Pages in category "History of Toulouse" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Church of the Jacobins is a deconsecrated Roman Catholic church located in Toulouse, France. It is a large brick building whose construction started in 1230, and whose architecture influenced the development of the Gothique méridional (Southern French Gothic) style. [1] The relics of Thomas Aquinas are housed there.
Le donjon was rebuilt to a design by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in a style typical of northern France in 1873. [12] The main building continues to accommodate the offices and council chamber of the city council, as well as the Théâtre du Capitole opera company and the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse .
From 1271–1285, Philip III of France, King of France and nephew of Alphonse bore the title of count of Toulouse, but the mention of the title is abandoned after his death. Only in 1681, Toulouse was resurrected as a royal appanage by Louis XIV for his illegitimate son with Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, Louis-Alexandre.
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 ...