Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse was a leader of the First Crusade (Source)
13 / 51
St Dominic's room at Maison Seilhan is considered the birthplace of the Dominican Order. (Source)
14 / 51
Burial of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the church of the Jacobins in Toulouse. (Source)
15 / 51
Over nearly 5 centuries the capitouls (the municipal consuls) held an exceptional collection of their portraits in the municipal annals. (Source)
16 / 51
Painting representing the first session of the poetry contest of the Consistori del Gay Saber (later known as the Academy of the Floral Games), the oldest literary society in Europe. (Source)
17 / 51
The Parliament of Toulouse was the second most important and oldest in the kingdom after that of Paris, making Toulouse the judicial capital of a large part of southern France. (Source)
18 / 51
The woad trade, which was the only source of blue dye at the time in Europe, made the fortune of the merchants of Toulouse during the Renaissance. (Source)
The vast Hall of the Illustrious (Salle des Illustres) in the Capitole presents numerous paintings and sculptures illustrating the history of Toulouse. (Source)
21 / 51
Former tower of the city archives and meeting place of the capitouls, 1525-1530. (Source)
22 / 51
Toulouse's city hall, the Capitole de Toulouse, and the square of the same name with the Occitan cross designed by Raymond Moretti on the ground (Source)
23 / 51
Coats of arms of Toulouse: Saint-Sernin church and Comtal castle frame a paschal lamb bearing the Toulouse cross (Source)
