Capitol (Toulouse)
The Capitol (City Hall) is a building in the French city of Toulouse that houses both the City Hall and a theater . The building is located on the Place du Capitole in the heart of Toulouse.
As early as 1190, a building for the city council, the Capitouls , was built on this site . The name of the building is derived from these and the Roman Capitol . Since then, the Toulouse municipal administration building has always been in this location. The complex used to be larger, with halls and outbuildings that have grown over the centuries, depending on the needs. In the 20th century, the buildings on the 2 hectare square were redesigned. The 135 m wide neoclassical facade made of characteristic pink bricks dates from 1760 based on a design by Guillaume Cammas . There are also only the Tour des Archives from the 16th century and the galleries of Cour Henri IV. From the 17th century. Parts of the interior are from the 16th century. The Capitol was at the center of the clashes during the Huguenot uprisings in Toulouse in 1562.
literature
- Patricia Turning: Municipal Officials, Their Public, and the Negotiation of Justice in Medieval Languedoc: Fear Not the Madness of the Raging Mob (= Later Medieval Europe . No. 10 ). Brill, Leiden 2013, ISBN 978-90-04-23464-2 (English, limited preview in Google book search).
Coordinates: 43 ° 36 ′ 16.1 ″ N , 1 ° 26 ′ 38.5 ″ E