Canal du Midi
by Klod5
Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609-1680), baron de Bonrepos, undertake in 1662 the survey of the construction of the channel of the two seas, joining the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
The king Louis XIV wishes to let an unforgettable memory of his reign, and, malgrès the mockeries of the court on " the gully of Riquet ", he orders, by stop of the advice of January 18, 1663, that the project is examined on the places of the future realization.
By the edict of construction of October 5, 1666, Colbert allows the construction of the Royal Channel of the Languedoc.
Pierre-Paul Riquet begins works November 17, 1667 and he return master of all difficulties met. In the sixties, the Channel to good failed to disappear : little profitable because under used, a fast way project had to see to fill it.
Fortunately this project didn't ever see the day, and all is put henceforth in work to make pleasant the sides of the Channel. The planning of the towpaths and the realization of tracks for bicycles, make a place preferred of the Toulousians for their walks of it.
It is possible to rent some boats for hikes, and the inhabited barge presence, either transformed in restaurants, cabarets, room of spectacle, library or gallery of exhibition make henceforth of the Channel a very living place, while remaining quiet.
Le Canal du Midi is classified henceforth to the world heritage of the UNESCO
Le métro accélère la lifting de la ville
by Klod5
La mise en place de la ligne B a favorisé la piétonnisation
La ligne B du métro n’aura pas seulement changé radicalement les habitudes de transport des Toulousains. Elle aura aussi contribué à changer la physionomie de la ville.
Déjà en février, le maire, Jean-Luc Moudenc, présentait un programme de piétonnisation qui laissait envisager une restructuration des grands axes : “Le 30 juin, la ligne B du métro générera un flux de 90 000 piétons par jour à Toulouse. Je ne suis pas favorable à un centre-ville tout piétonnier, mais il faut faire du piéton une priorité.”
Les environs de la station Jean-Jaurès, intersection des deux lignes de métro, ont été les plus concernés par ce réaménagement urbain destiné à favoriser la circulation des nombreux piétons attendus. Ainsi, la place Wilson s’est transformée en élargissant ses trottoirs et en réduisant sa voie de circulation, l’esplanade François-Mitterrand s’est refait une jeunesse pour faciliter la circulation des passants, etc. Cependant, la plus grande modification est à venir : pendant deux mois, de juillet à août, l’accès des voitures à la rue Alsace-Lorraine sera lui aussi limité. “L’aménagement de la place du Capitole a divisé par deux le nombre de voitures. L’objectif est le même avec l’aménagement de la rue Alsace-Lorraine”, espère Jean-Luc Moudenc.
Those beatiful houses,...
by almogaver
Those beatiful houses, suspended over the river Agout,
are something tipical from a nice place to spend some
time, walking along the streets, near the river, and
watching every old restaured house. I´m talking about
the city of CASTRES, not far from Toulouse.
You know rugby ? You can eat with an rugbyman
by Klod5 about Brasserie du Stade
It can cater for up to 250 people. It can be hired for private parties as well as for business conferences or meetings. There is an exhibition and meeting room next to the restaurant.
Pierre Roudge, who has run some of the best restaurants in Toulouse, such as ‘Vanel’, ‘La Belle Epoque’ and ‘Le Cercle d’Oc’, has been chef of the ‘Brasserie du Stade’ since October 1999. It is a restaurant geared equally for the businessman or the rugby addict. It is warm and elegant and has an intimate, relaxed atmosphere. It is located close to the Sept Deniers stands.
The Stade Toulousain supporters often run into their favourite players here, such as Pelous, Garbajosa, Califano, Didier Lacroix. Service is efficient, the dishes tasty. With its bistrot style enhanced by rugby pictures and paintings the ‘Brasserie du Stade’ adds a distinctive touch to the superb local cuisine. La Brasserie du Stade is open at midday from Monday to Saturday,
and from Wednesday to Saturday it remains open until 10-30pm.
Menus run from 75FF to 250FF
‘A la carte’
Access is via the orbital. Parking is free. Not far from Blagnac Airport.
Basilique St. Sernin
by mikey_e
The St. Sernin Basilica is famous for a variety of reasons – not just because it dominates the northern end of the Rue du Taur, a popular tourist destination for visitors to Toulouse. First of all, the Basilica is the largest Romanesque place of worship in the world. Built in the 11th and 12th centuries, the church has a massive circular tower that looks like one of those folding plastic cups. Secondly, the Basilica is famous because it is built on the remains of an earlier basilica, which housed the remains of the first Bishop of Toulouse, St. Sernin, who died in 250. Thirdly, it was from the roof of this Basilica that the stone that killed Simon de Montfort (who led the French armies during the Albigensian Crusade) was thrown. Finally, St. Sernin’s architectural claim to fame is that, although called a Basilica, it does not, in fact, follow the traditional outline of a Basilica, as it has vaulted ceilings, radiating chapels and a special corridor that bypasses the nave and the pews to allow for visiting of the chapels during mass without distracting parishioners. When you enter the church, you are generally struck by the sense of peace and calm that pervades the entire structures. Even with so many tourists going in and out, it is easy to feel that this is a place for reflection and meditation rather than a church built to awe the faithful (after all, it was completed before the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation). The church authorities have also put up various information centres of a type, informing visitors of the significance of the church and St. Sernin, which is quite helpful for you to understand the reasons why the unique and beautiful place are so important in the history of Toulouse.
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Monument aux Morts (Toulouse, France)
Apse of Chapel
Its Chapel
Buttressed North Choir
