Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Toulouse, France

Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse, combines a museum of modern and contemporary art (Musée) and a regional collection of contemporary art (Frac). It is located in the French Occitanie region, in the city of Toulouse. Les Abattoirs keep approximately 3,880 works and objects of all origins. Works of modern and contemporary art range for the oldest from 1934 to 2020, for the most recent acquisitions.

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Joseph Fernand Henri Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style. His boldly simplified treatment of modern subject matter has caused him to be regarded as a forerunner of pop art.

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Franz West was an Austrian artist.

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The Water Tower is a brick tower located at the junction of Cours Dillon and Pont-Neuf, Toulouse. As its name suggests, the building was initially used for the distribution of water in the centre of the city, but was not strictly speaking a water tower since it did not have a storage tank. It was converted in 1974 into an exhibition space dedicated to photography and is now a very popular place for the people of Toulouse, as well as a mecca of culture.

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Notre-Dame de la Daurade is a basilica in Toulouse, France. It was established in 410 when Emperor Honorius allowed the conversion of pagan temples to Christianity. The original building of Notre-Dame de la Daurade was a temple dedicated to Apollo.

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The embarrassment garden is a 4,000 m2 public garden located between the rue des Questers and the rue d'Embethe, in the Arnaud-Bernard district, in Toulouse.

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The Dubarry Hotel or Jean du Barry hotel is a mansion located at Place Saint-Sernin, opposite the Saint-Sernin basilica, in Toulouse.

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The Musée Saint-Raymond, Museum of Archaeology of Toulouse, or more simply Musée Saint-Raymond, formerly the Museum of Antiquities, is the archaeological museum of Toulouse opened in 1892. It is housed within the walls of the former Saint-Raymond university college dating from the sixteenth century, which is next to the Saint-Sernin basilica. It preserves and presents archaeological collections from protohistory to the early Middle Ages, mainly from the Celtic, Roman and early Christian periods.

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The Basilica of Saint-Sernin is the most important Catholic religious building in Toulouse, the capital of the Occitanie region. It is located in the heart of the square of the same name, in sector 1 of the city. It is one of the largest preserved Romanesque churches in Europe, along with the Cathedral of Speyer, Germany, and the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

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The Carmelite Chapel is the name given to several religious buildings such as: Chapel of the Carmelites of Dijon Chapel of the Carmelites of Lectoure Chapel of the Carmelites of Toulouse

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The Cordeliers convent is a former Franciscan religious convent - or "Cordeliers" - from Toulouse, France. It was founded in 1222, in a context of the development of begging orders in European cities, and particularly in Toulouse, marked at the beginning of the 13th century by Catharism and the Albigensian crusade.

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The Saint-Jean-Baptiste chapel is located in the heart of old Toulouse, at 7 rue Antonin-Mercié, near the Musée des Augustins. It depends on the parish sector of the Saint-Jérôme church. It is not to be confused with the church of the same name in the Sept Deniers district.

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The Hôtel de Pierre Comère is a private mansion, located between 3 rue Saint-Rome and 9 rue Tripière, in the historic centre of Toulouse. Built between 1616 and 1617 for Pierre Comère, a merchant and capitoul, it was enlarged by the architect Claude Pacot in 1626.

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The Hotel de Nupces is a private mansion located on Rue de la Bourse, in the historic centre of Toulouse. It was built in 1716 for Jean-Georges de Nupces, adviser and then president of the city parliament.

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The Hôtel de Brucelles in Toulouse, France, is a gothic and Renaissance hôtel particulier (palace) of the 16th century. It is a listed historical monument since 1925.

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Hôtel de Puivert is a hotel located in Toulouse, France. It was listed as a historical monument in 1998.

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Toulouse Cathedral 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.

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La Grains Halle is a symphonic concert hall located in downtown Toulouse. It welcomes the National Orchestra of the Capitol of Toulouse in residence.

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