Sights in Toulouse

Connected by canals to both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, Toulouse has become one of the most important aeronautical centres in the world in recent decades. Information on the history of aeronautics and space travel in Toulouse and the innovative, current state of technology is provided by the museum ?Cit? de l?espace?

As early as 100 BC, Toulouse was already a very important city in what was then Gaul and has been a bishop’s see since the fourth century. Until the late Middle Ages, it was one of the richest cities in France. The impressive basilica Saint Sernin in the Romanesque architectural style, which was completed in the early 12th century and is considered one of the most beautiful in the south of France, also dates from this time. No less interesting is the Gothic Dominican monastery of Les Jacobins, with its imposingly designed 13th-century vaulted ceilings, which also serves as the burial place of the famous philosopher and saint Thomas Aquinas.

One of Toulouse’s most fascinating secular buildings is the city’s town hall, built between the 16th and 18th centuries. Of particular note here is the ‘Salles des Illustres’, a ceremonial hall with unique ceiling paintings. Numerous museums also offer further historical facts about the city history of Toulouse.

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