Here are my recent photos of Toulouse, a city situated in the southwest of France on the banks of the Garonne river.
Toulouse is called “the pink city” because, for centuries, it was built almost exclusively using tiles and bricks.
The visit at the Place du Capitole, the central square of the city.
The Capitouls (governing magistrates) of the Toulouse embarked on the construction of the original building in 1190, to provide a seat for the government of a province growing in wealth and influence. The name "Capitole" referred not only to the Capitol of Roma (at the very beginning Toulouse was a roman city) but also to the capitulum which was the chapter of the governing magistrates.
The current façade, 135 metres long and built of the characteristic pink brick in neoclassical style, dates from 1750. The Capitole shelters mural paintings representing some of the major events of the history of Toulouse.