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Albi Cathedral (begun 1282) The Convent of the Jacobins in Toulouse (begun 1230, rebuilt 1245–92). Southern French Gothic, or Meridional Gothic (French: gothique méridional), is a specific and militant style of Gothic architecture developed in the South of France, especially in the Toulouse region.
As remarked by Dieuzaide in 1992, [2] in 1855 the "Société Française de Photographie" was formed in Paris, and The Royal Society of Photography in London in 1857 and then in Toulouse in 1875 the "Société Photographique de Toulouse" was founded with 150 members. In 1895, while still within the Society, a group formed the "Photo Club ...
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.
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.
Toulouse Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toulouse) is a Roman Catholic church located in the city of Toulouse, France. The cathedral is a national monument, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Toulouse. It has been listed since 1862 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. [1]
The Cité de Carcassonne (Occitan: Ciutat de Carcassona [siwˈtat de kaɾkaˈsunɔ]) is a medieval citadel located in the French city of Carcassonne, in the Aude department, Occitania region. It is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Aude , in the south-eastern part of the city proper.
A collection of pots sat in a brick oven in northern France, but these weren’t school art projects. These 400-year-old artifacts were buried several feet below the ground and forgotten — until ...
The hôtel d'Assézat, architectural jewel of the Toulouse Renaissance.. In the 16th century, the Renaissance, which called for a return to the models of Roman antiquity, spread throughout Europe from Italy, notably through treatises and engravings referring to the treatise De architectura by Vitruvius (90–20 BC), Roman theorist of ancient architecture.