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 Statuette of L'Homme Arme
- Toulouse by Klod5
This statuette, representing a bearded armed of a club, acted as sign to "the Savage's Inn", who always exists, holding, in 1476, by Peyronet Delfau.
These streets, of which the facades of nearly all houses are in brick, some well renovated, permit to have a good idea of that that was the streets of Toulouse to the Middle Ages.
The Savage's Inn ("L'auberge du Sauvage"), always exists, but I never go to eat on this restaurant. Leave a Comment
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 The monumental staircase of
the Capitole by Klod5
The alternation of the brick of terracotta and the stone gives to the Capitol its inimitable seal.
This type of decoration is not without recalling the Byzantine monuments, and is spilled very in Toulouse
In the court Henry IV you can see, to the over of the portal, the king's only statue, achieved of his living. To soil, a plate commemorates the decapitation of Simon of Montfort.
Go up to the first floor, admire while passing the big painting that illustrates the first ceremony of the "Academie des Jeux Floraux". Go discover the Salle des Illustres, that looks so much like the Gallery Farnese, in Rome. Leave a Comment
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 L'hôtel Bérenguier
Maynier, dit du Vieux
Raisin by Klod5
Entre 1463, l'année du grand incendie, et 1562, celle où commencent les guerres dites "de religion", Toulouse connaît sans doute le siècle le plus brillant de son histoire.
L'hôtel du vieux raisin, est un des plus accessibles, et un des plus richement décorés. Ces décorations, d'une fantaisie et d'une finesse d'exécution remarquable viennent couvrir à la fois les montants et les linteaux, qui sont traités comme de petits entablements. Dans la cour, le bâtiment principal du XVe siècle est flanqué à droite d'une tourelle d'escalier (XVe), percée de cinq fenêtres d'angles de taille décroissante.
The hotel of professor Bérenguier Maynier (lawyer), or du Vieux raisin (of the Old Grape - former name of the street), date of the XVes and XVIth century.
Between 1463, the year of the big fire, and 1562, the one where begins the wars says "of religion", Toulouse probably knows the most brilliant century of its history.
The hotel du Vieux raisin, is one of the most accessible, and one of decorated the most richly. These decorations, of a fantasy and a remarkable execution sharpness come to cover the amounts and the lintels, that are treated like small entablements at a time. In the court, the main building of the XVth century is flanked on the right of a staircase turret (XVth), pierced of five windows of decreasing size angles.
Les fenêtres de la cour intérieure, sont presque toutes garnies de sculptures d'atlantes, de cariatides, de faunes ou de ternes, réalisées sous l'influence de Nicolas Bachelier. Elles datent du milieu du XVIe siècle.
La tourelle octogonale (XVe) abrite un escalier à vis.
La porte en anse de panier est surmontée de deux anges supportant un blason martelé.
Les fenêtres à meneaux aux pilastres ornés de candélabres sont coiffées de médaillons.
En façade sur la rue, un portique sur trois arcades relie les deux ailes coté cour.
Sur la droite du portail d'entrée, dans la cour, posé au sol, on notera un blason en pierre.
The windows of the interior court, are nearly all garnished of sculptures of atlantes, of caryatids, of faunas or of drab, achieved under the influence of Nicolas Bachelier. They date the middle of the XVIth century.
The octagonal turret (XVth) shelters a staircase to screw.
The door in shackle of basket is surmounted of two angels supporting a hammered blazon.
The windows to mullions to the pilasters decorated of candelabra are covered of medallions.
In facade on the street, a porch on three arcades joins the two wings quoted court.
On the right of the entry portal, in the court, calm to soil, one will note a blazon in stone. Leave a Comment
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 The greenhouses of the city of
Toulouse by Klod5
Today 2156 modern greenhouse m2 cohabits with the historic greenhouses. Ventilation, shadiness, ambient heating and heating in the pots are adjusted automatically by computer in each of the quatres celules : the shop, the greenhouse of multiplication, the hot greenhouse, the moderate greenhouse. A part of the greenhouses date of 1887. They have been constructed by architect Gustave Eiffel and, are registered to the inventory of the Historic Heritage. The greenhouses have abors been constructed to the Garden of the Plants, then, they have been displaced in the beginning of the century on this land bought in 1901 to lady widowed Desmouilles, a horticulturist. In the central part the palmarium permits to welcome big topics, it is also on the whole the central point of the circulation of the historic greenhouses. A collection of 5 000 tropical or subtropical plants permits to decorate the numerous demonstrations (fairs, let's salt, convention, universities...) that take place in the city.
The greenhouses of the City of Toulouse are once open to the public per year: in the month of April, one weekend, the doors are open to permit the discovery of the work of the gardeners, and this set of old greenhouses of exception. Leave a Comment
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 The plate streets in old
Toulouse by Klod5
For the aware walker, these plates provide a fundamental information for your orientation :
- the names of the streets and the numbers of the houses on yellow plates, indicate the streets that are in the sense of the Garonne (East - West).
- the names of the streets and the numbers of the houses on white plates, indicate the streets that are perpendicular in the Garonne (South - North).
Besides, it is good to know that the numbers of the houses are ordered :
- for the parallel streets in the Garonne : of uphill downstream (in the sense of the course of the stream)
- for the perpendicular streets in the Garonne, the numbers increase more one moves away of the stream.
Therefore, if you look for the number 1 of the Rue Alsace-Lorraine (embassy of Italy), it is in the beginning of this street (close to the Esquirol place), toward the uphill of the Garonne that you will find it. Leave a Comment
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 Maison à corondages by Klod5
In the historic center of the city, the small streets date middle age. One can imagine then to what resembled the city at this time. The Rue Croix Baragnon, that joins the Rue du Languedoc to the Place St. Etienne, is one of these old streets, where one can see in very good state among the most former houses of the city.
Exemple, cette maison à corondages, qui fait l'angle d'une rue, et qui illustre bien l'habitat du XVIe siècle dans la région toulousaine.
Example, this half-timbered house, that makes the angle of a street, and that illustrates the habitat of the XVIth well century in the Toulouse's region. Leave a Comment
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 Maison de la Belle Paule by Klod5
To the 16 of the Rue du Languedoc, the hotel of Rabaudy de Paucy (end of the XVI° century) is more known as "House of the Beautiful Paule". The facade, posterior to 1695, is of brick, the supports of the portals and windows are, them, of brick and stone alternated. The small portal of left is surmounted of an oculus decorated of one crown to plant motive.
Paule de Viguier, née en 1518, fut choisie par les Capitouls pour remettre, en 1533, les clefs de la ville au roi François 1er qui, subjugué par sa beauté la surnomma "La Belle Paule". Enterrée dans le tombeau des Lancefoc aux Augustins en 1607, elle a été mise au nombre des quatre merveilles toulousaines par le distique de Rougier.
Les capitouls durent prendre un dit, l'obligeant à paraître deux fois par jour à sa fenêtre, afin d'éviter les émeutes.
Paule de Viguier, born in 1518, was chosen by the Capitouls to put back, in 1533, the keys of the city to king François 1st that, captivated by his beauty nicknamed he "The Beautiful Paule". Buried in the tomb of the Lancefoc in the Augustins in 1607, she has been put to the number of the four toulousian's marvels by the couplet of Rougier.
The capitouls lasts to take a says, the accommodating to appear two times per day in his window, in order to avoid the riots. Leave a Comment
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 Hôtel de Dame Vélane by Klod5
Dans la deuxième cour un cadran solaire de 1750, surmonté d'une galerie vitrée, nous rappelle "OMNES VULNERANT ULTIMA NECAT", soit "Toutes les heures blessent, la dernière tue".
In the first court, on the left, be an elegant staircase of wood to the ceilings to caissons whose wrought-iron rail is decorated of griffins; the landings welcome warriors of metal carrying a torchlight.
In the second court a solar dial of 1750, surmounted of a glazed gallery, recalls " us OMNES VULNERANT ULTIMA NECAT ", either " All hours wound, the last kills ". Leave a Comment
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 Hôtel de Boysson by Klod5
Il est situé au N° 11 de la rue Malcousinat, dont les façades ont été reculées, coté pair, au XVIII° siècle. Celles des deux dernières maisons ne l'ayant pas été, nous donnent une idée de l'étroitesse de la rue au Moyen-Âge.
L'hôtel porte le nom de Huc de Boysson (XV), Capitoul en 1468, puis de Jean de Cheverry (1535).
Les façades de la cour présentent des portes et des fenêtres Renaissance. La fenêtre du premier étage, ornée de trois cariatides engainées, est surmontée par une petite fenêtre au larmier sur modillons présentant des chiens.
Hotel of which the facade, built by Bertrand of Autenac, dates the XVIIth century.
It is situated in the N° 11 of the Rue Malcousinat, whose facades were remote, quoted equal, in the XVIIIth century. Those of the last two houses not having it been, give us an idea of the narrowness of the street at the Middle Ages.
The hotel carries the name of Huc of Boysson (XV), Capitoul in 1468, then of Jean of Cheverry (1535).
The facades of the court present the doors and windows Renaissance. The window of the first floor, decorated of sheathed three caryatids, is surmounted by a small window to the dripstone on modillons presenting some dogs. Leave a Comment
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