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Toulouse
Toulouse earns its nickname 'La Ville Rose' from the warm pink brick that colours everything from its Roman-era streets to its 11th-century basilicas. The city built its fortune on the woad trade, then on aerospace, and today it sits at the heart of European aviation. Stand at Capitol Square on a rugby-match evening and you'll understand why the locals are fiercely proud of both their architecture and their team.
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Places researched in this city
A selection of the 49 places we've researched in this city. The full set is in the Parroo app.
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Basilica of Saint-Sernin
Pope Urban II personally consecrated this basilica in 1096, making it a cornerstone of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. Built between 1060 and 1120, it is the largest surviving Romanesque church in France, stretching 115 metres long with a five-storey octagonal bell tower.
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Capitol Square
For 800 years this pink-brick square has been the social and political heartbeat of Toulouse, hosting everything from medieval markets to rugby victory celebrations. The Capitole's 128-metre neoclassical facade, completed in 1750, is anchored by eight columns representing the city's original eight magistrate districts.
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Jacobins Convent
The relics of Saint Thomas Aquinas have rested here since 1369, beneath one of the most theatrical ceilings in medieval architecture: the 'palmier' column, a single pillar that fans into 22 ribs to support the entire vault. Founded in 1229 by the Dominican Order, this brick Gothic church is the movement's spiritual mothership.
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Canal du Midi
Pierre-Paul Riquet spent his personal fortune and 15 years building this 240-kilometre waterway between 1666 and 1681 to connect Toulouse to the Mediterranean, solving a water-supply problem that had defeated engineers for centuries. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and still navigable today.
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Pont Neuf
Despite its name meaning 'New Bridge', Toulouse's Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge over the Garonne, taking nearly 90 years to build from 1544 to 1632 because floods, unstable subsoil, and the Wars of Religion kept halting construction. King Louis XIV inaugurated it in 1659 on his way to marry Maria Theresa of Austria.
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Augustins Museum
A former Augustinian convent authorised by Pope Clement V in 1309 became one of France's oldest museums when it opened in 1795, just two years after the Revolution secularised it. The 14th-century cloister and its collection of Romanesque sculptures salvaged from demolished medieval buildings make it as much an archaeological rescue mission as a gallery.
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Chapel of the Carmelites
Known locally as the 'Sistine Chapel of Toulouse', this modest brick exterior hides a Baroque interior saturated with ceiling paintings by Jean-Pierre Rivalz and Jean-Baptiste Despax. King Louis XIII laid the first stone in 1622, yet the chapel's lavish decoration was funded almost entirely by one parliamentary president, Guillaume de Rességuier.
Good to know
- How many places does Parroo cover in Toulouse?
- 49 researched places, from the Basilica of Saint-Sernin and the Jacobins Convent to lesser-known spots like the Chapel of the Carmelites. Each one has a short summary, a full article, and a ~3-minute audio story.
- Is there an audio guide?
- Yes. Every place has a ~3-minute audio story, written from the perspective of a guide standing next to you and produced with premium narration, not the article read aloud.
- Which languages is Toulouse available in?
- German, English, and French. Pick whichever you'd rather read or listen in.
- Do I need to book anything or be online?
- No booking, no signup. It's a self-guided walk you start whenever you like. You do need a connection for now to stream the audio and load articles; offline support is something we're still building.
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Updated: 2026-05-29