Toulouse

Toulouse (pronounced {{IPA|/tuluz/}} in standard French, {{IPA|/tuˈluzə/}} in local Toulouse accent) (Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced {{IPA|/tuˈluz?/}}) is a city in southwest France on the banks of the Garonne River, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. With close to 1.1 million inhabitants in 2005, the Toulouse metropolitan area is the second largest in southern France and one of the fastest growing in Europe. It is the home base of the European aerospace industry, such as Alcatel Espace and EADS Space, and hosts the headquarters of Airbus S.A.S..

Sights

• Capitole, housing the Hôtel de Ville, located on the Place du Capitole
• Donjon du Capitole, housing the tourism office
• Banks of the Garonne
• Bazacle
• Jardin des Plantes, Grand-Rond, Jardin Royal
• Pont-Neuf
• Hôpital de la Grave, featuring a copper dome
• Château d'eau
• Canal du Midi
• Saint-Pierre bridge
• Wilson Square
• Matabiau train station
• Hôtel du Vieux-Raisin

Religious buildings

• Saint-Sernin basilica
• Notre-Dame du Taur church
• Church of the Jacobins and its cloister
• Saint-Étienne cathedral
• Daurade basilica
• Ursulines tower

Museums

Museums in Toulouse include:

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• Musée Georges Labit Museum
• Musée des Augustins Museum
• Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
• Museum of Modern Art, in the former slaughterhouse
• Cité de l'espace
• Hôtel d'Assézat (Bemberg Foundation)
• Goethe Institut
• Musée du Vieux Toulouse
• Musée de l'Affiche
• Musée Départemental de la Résistance et de la Déportation
• Musée des Antiques de Toulouse (Musée Saint-Raymond)
• Musée Paul Dupuy (Arts appliqués du Moyen Âge à nos jours)