Zénith de Toulouse
Zénith de Toulouse is a multifunctional concert hall in Toulouse’s TOEC district, completed and inaugurated in 1993. Its seating can be adjusted with mobile curtains, and it reached a capacity of 11,300 after an expansion in 2014.
Public Art in Toulouse
Basilica of St. Sernin
The Basilica of St. Sernin is a major Catholic religious building in Toulouse, located in the center of its namesake square. It is one of the largest preserved Romanesque churches in Europe and was built to house the relics of Saint Saturnin.
Place du Capitole
Place du Capitole is a public square in the heart of downtown Toulouse, bordered by the Capitole’s monumental façade. Developed from the 17th century onward, it became the city’s central gathering place and was later reshaped in neoclassical form.
Monastery of the Jacobins
The Monastery of the Jacobins is a secularized convent in central Toulouse, France, between the Capitole and the Garonne. Its brick complex includes the church, cloister, chapter house, refectory, and chapelle Saint-Antonin.
Le Bikini
Le Bikini is a rock and contemporary music concert hall. Located near Toulouse, it was in Toulouse until 2001 and has been based in Ramonville-Saint-Agne since 2007.
Utopia Toulouse
Utopia Toulouse was an arthouse cinema and movie theater at 24 rue Montardy near place du Capitole in Toulouse. The site occupied a historic building that had served multiple cultural and public functions over time.
Fondation Bemberg
Fondation Bemberg is an art foundation and museum in Toulouse, located in the Hôtel d'Assézat. It presents the private collection of Georges Bemberg, including paintings, sculptures, and ancient and modern art objects.
Terre-Cabade Cemetery
Terre-Cabade Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Toulouse, in the Midi region of France. It extends over 33 hectares on the slope of Jolimont hill and is divided into two parts by chemin de Caillibens.
Palais Niel
Palais Niel is a 19th-century palace in Toulouse, built for Marshal of France Adolphe Niel between 1863 and 1868. It stands on rue Montoulieu-Saint-Jacques, near the allées Forain-François-Verdier and square Boulingrin.
Chapelle des Carmélites
The Chapelle des Carmélites is a 17th-century Catholic chapel on rue du Périgord in Toulouse, France. Built for the Carmelite convent, it contains murals by Jean-Pierre Rivalz and paintings by Jean-Baptiste Despax, and it is the convent’s only surviving building.
Église du Gésu
Église du Gésu is an ancient Catholic religious building in Toulouse, built in neo-Gothic style by the Jesuits. Desacralized in 2000, it is now used as an organ concert hall and is listed as a historical monument.
Halle de la Machine
Halle de la Machine is an exhibition hall and museum installed near the Piste des Géants at the former Toulouse-Montaudran airport. It presents large mechanical creations, including Astérion le Minotaure and about 200 spectacle machines.
Musée des Augustins
The Musée des Augustins is an art museum in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, housed in the former convent of the Augustins. Opened in 1795, it holds important collections of painting and sculpture and reopened in 2005 after nearly six years of work.
Halle aux Grains
The Halle aux Grains de Toulouse is a concert hall in the city center of Toulouse. Built in 1861 as a grain market, it was later converted into a performance venue and is known for its acoustic quality.
Toulouse Cathedral
Toulouse Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the historic centre of Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France. Its complex architecture reflects successive periods of modification, renovation, and reconstruction, and it gave its name to the surrounding neighborhood.
Hôtel d'Assézat
Hôtel d'Assézat is a Renaissance private mansion at 7 place d'Assézat in Toulouse. Built from 1555, it features a monumental entrance gate and interior courtyard, and now houses the Fondation Bemberg museum.
Wilson Square
Wilson Square, also called Wilson, is a public place in Toulouse, in the heart of the Saint-Georges district. It extends the allées Jean-Jaurès and is known for its cafés, cinemas, and student nightlife.
Musée Saint-Raymond
Musée Saint-Raymond is the archaeological museum of Toulouse, opened in 1892 and housed in the former Saint-Raymond university college near Basilique Saint-Sernin. It preserves collections from protohistory to the Early Middle Ages.
Palais des sports André-Brouat
Palais des sports André-Brouat is a multi-sports hall in Toulouse, opened in 2006 on the site of the former Palais des sports. It is used by several local clubs and hosts occasional national team matches and major sporting events.
City of Space
City of Space is a scientific culture center in Toulouse devoted to astronomy and astronautics. It was created through an initiative of the Toulouse city hall with several partners and presents major space-related exhibits and thematic displays.
Place Saint-Georges
Place Saint-Georges is a square in the heart of Toulouse’s Saint-Georges district. It forms an irregular pentagon bordered by several streets and includes a one-way traffic lane, pedestrian areas, and access to nearby public transport.
Église Saint-Aubin
Église Saint-Aubin is a Catholic church in the Saint-Aubin-Dupuy neighborhood, east of central Toulouse. Begun in 1847 by architect Jean-Marie-Thérèse-Auguste Delort, it was built on a former cemetery and opened in 1853.
Saint-Pierre des Cuisines
Église Saint-Pierre des Cuisines is a church in Toulouse, located on rue de la Boule next to place Saint-Pierre. Built on an ancient Gallo-Roman necropolis, it contains an archaeological crypt and is classified as a historic monument.
Muséum de Toulouse
Muséum de Toulouse, officially abbreviated MHNT, is a natural history and ethnology museum in the Jardin des Plantes de Toulouse, in the Busca-Montplaisir district. It houses a collection of more than two and a half million pieces.
Porte Miègeville
Porte Miègeville is a lateral gate on the south side of the nave of the basilique Saint-Sernin de Toulouse, facing Rue du Taur. It is the most used access and the only gate with a sculpted tympanum.
Maison Seilhan
Maison Seilhan is a historic residence in Toulouse, France, associated with the founding of the Dominican Order. It preserves artistic works, Saint Dominic’s room, and memorabilia linked to Henri-Dominique Lacordaire.
Japanese Garden of Toulouse
The Japanese Garden of Toulouse is a closed park in the Compans-Caffarelli green space. Designed as a place of meditation, it presents botanical varieties from the Far East, a mineral garden, and a red wooden bridge linking an island symbolizing paradise.
Place de la Trinité
Place de la Trinité is a small triangular square in Toulouse, north of the Carmes district. Developed in the nineteenth century, it occupies the site of a major crossroads in Roman Tolosa and later became an important medieval square.
Notre-Dame de la Daurade
Notre-Dame de la Daurade, also called Sainte-Marie de la Daurade, is a church in Toulouse with minor basilica status. It stands along the Garonne River, near the river port, and adjoins the Beaux-Arts school.
Notre-Dame de la Dalbade
Notre-Dame de la Dalbade is a Catholic church on rue de la Dalbade in Toulouse’s Carmes district. Its current building features Southern Gothic architecture, a rather austere exterior, and a medieval fortress-like appearance with a Renaissance portal and ceramic decoration.
Château Narbonnais
Château Narbonnais was the medieval castle of Toulouse. It later became a royal fortress and the seat of the parliament of Toulouse. Its remains are visible in the courthouse crypt, and a wall still stands in the salle des ...
Toulouse Regional Conservatory
The Toulouse Regional Conservatory is a conservatoire à rayonnement régional in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. It is a state-approved arts education institution offering music, dance, and drama.
Théâtre du Capitole
Théâtre du Capitole is an opera house in Toulouse, housed in the Hôtel de ville on place du Capitole. It has an Italian-style auditorium and a permanent artistic team including a choir, a maîtrise, and a ballet company.
Roman Amphitheatre of Purpan-Ancely
The Roman amphitheatre of Purpan-Ancely is an archaeological site in west Toulouse that preserves the ruins of a Roman amphitheatre. Built in the middle of the 1st century, it is one of the few practically intact Roman buildings in the city.
Notre-Dame du Taur
Notre-Dame du Taur is a Catholic church on rue du Taur in central Toulouse, between Place du Capitole and the Basilica of Saint-Sernin. It is a principal monument of southern Gothic art and a historical monument.
Church of the Cordeliers
The Church of the Cordeliers in Toulouse was the former church of the Cordeliers convent. Closed after a fire in 1798, it was used by the military administration until 1871 and later suffered another fire. Its ruins have been classified as a historic monument since 1862.
Place Jeanne d'Arc
Place Jeanne d'Arc is a public square in Toulouse, south of the Matabiau and Les Chalets neighborhoods and on the boundary of Arnaud-Bernard and Capitole. It is a major transport interchange.
Les Abattoirs
Les Abattoirs is a cultural institution of modern and contemporary art in Toulouse. It brings together the city’s musée de France collections and regional contemporary art collections, and is housed in the preserved former municipal slaughterhouses.
Cinémathèque de Toulouse
The Cinémathèque de Toulouse is a film archive founded in 1964 by cinephiles gathered around Raymond Borde. It is located at 69, rue du Taur in Toulouse and focuses on the conservation and diffusion of cinematographic heritage.
Palace of the Visigoth Kings
An ancient palace in Toulouse from the Visigothic Kingdom period, active between 418 and 507. It was destroyed after the Frankish conquest and later identified through excavations on the former Larrey hospital site.
Quai de la Daurade
Quai de la Daurade is a riverfront street in Toulouse, in the Capitole district. It runs along the Garonne near the former prieuré de la Daurade and basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Daurade, linking place du Pont-Neuf with place de la Daurade.
Sorano Theatre
Sorano Theatre is a theatre building at 35 allées Jules-Guesde in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. Created in 1964 by Maurice Sarrazin in the former auditorium of the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, it was named for actor Daniel Sorano.
Prairie des Filtres
Prairie des Filtres is a green area in Toulouse, located along the Garonne near Pont-Neuf and Cours Dillon. Its history includes flooding, land formation by deposits, and later use for public events, sports, and gatherings.
Place du Salin
Place du Salin is a square in Toulouse, at the boundary between the Carmes and Saint-Étienne neighborhoods. It is a tree-lined urban space bordered by the Palais de justice and the temple du Salin, and crossed by several streets and a shuttle route.
Saint Exupère Church
Saint Exupère Church is a parish church in the old Saint-Michel neighborhood of Toulouse, on the right bank of the city. Built in Baroque style, it has a small octagonal bell tower with a carillon of 14 bells and a richly decorated interior.
Château d'eau
Château d'eau is a nineteenth-century water tower near the cours Dillon beside Pont-Neuf in Toulouse, France. Converted into Galerie du Château d'Eau, it is a cultural institution dedicated to photography and listed as a historical monument.
Parc des expositions de Toulouse
The former Parc des expositions de Toulouse was an exhibition park on Île du Ramier, near the center of Toulouse. It was used for trade shows and sports competitions until 2020.
Grand Rond
Grand Rond is a public garden in Toulouse, France. Created southeast of the city center in the 1750s, it has a roundabout layout and five main avenues. The park covers about 4 hectares and later adopted an English garden style.