Hello Mum,
Today, I went through the streets of the historic center. I saw several examples of regional architecture. Did you know that Toulouse is also called Pink City (la ville rose), because of the color of its building bricks?
In Rue Saint-Rome, stands the old tower and private mansion (1533) of Pierre Serta, who was a Capitoul, one of the city’s masters.
During the Renaissance, Toulouse enjoyed great economic prosperity, especially thanks to pastel culture (Isatis tinctoria) and the prosperous pastel merchants displayed their power and prestige in building magnificent town houses. We've got a fine exemple of this affluence with the Hotel d'Assézat (1555) who houses nowadays the Bemberg fondation (a nice museum).
You can also find here all kinds of products made from the pastel plant.
On the way back, I passed by the church of the Jacobins and the tower of the former college of Foix, which was in the 13th century the belfry of the convent of the Cordeliers. What a city full of What a city rich in history! And the advantage of being a little mouse is that you can sneak all over.
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Lots of love
UrselHH 🐀❤️
