1. Hôtel de Bernuy 3. Hôtel d’Astorg 5. Hôtel de Nupces – Saint-Germain The Remarkable Heritage Site

The historic centre of Toulouse is classified as a Remarkable Heritage Site (formerly known as a protected area) since 21st The home of businessman Jean de Bernuy Jean Delcros in the 1530s, Jean Astorg At n°15 Rue de la Bourse, parliamentarian August 1986. It extends across retains many of its original features despite around 1570, Guillaume de Saint-Germain Jean-Georges de Nupces had this monumental continuous remodelling works. Constructed around 1600… Successive owners modified mansion house built in 1716, the only one in 254 hectares, with 230 ha that fall in two stages between the 1500's and this mansion house according to a complex the neighbourhood to sit between a courtyard under the city and 24 ha that form 1530's, this mansion house stretches across blueprint. Open the doors to 16 Rue des and gardens. Once you have stepped through part of the Garonne. In 2016, the a substantial estate that comprised outbuil- Changes, which is accessible during the week. the doorway flanked by imposing carriage Conservation and Development wheels, you discover the courtyard of honour dings, kitchens, offices, storage rooms, Beforehand, take a look at the façade that plan was launched, outlining initia- stables… Only the main elements remain dates to the time of merchant Jean Delcros, bordered by two wings set at right angles that to this day : two courtyards around which and its windows with fluted pilasters. Once housed the stables and storage rooms to the tives for promoting the site. can be found the residential buildings, one the threshold has been crossed, a covered left and, to the right, the kitchens. The door in the Low Gothic style, the other featuring passage leads you to the first courtyard. The to the main central building leads to a stone Renaissance décor inspired by Antiquity. building at the rear was built by the Capitoul stairway that serves the main reception rooms. Ionic order and high ceilings set apart the first From the small corner garden you can Jean Astorg and features windows framed floor, which nowadays has been partitioned. admire the buildings and the extremely tall by moulded grips and sections of pilasters. A garden and its orangery, which is visible staircase tower dating from the first phase of Guillaume de Saint-Germain, also a Capitoul, from 4bis Rue Clémence-Isaure, complete Legend construction works. Its exceptional dimen- had the building to the right constructed, as the ensemble. sions made this an architectural benchmark well as the passageways and wooden stair- The layout and order of this mansion house in Toulouse during the XVI Century. case, which are all remarkably well preserved. exude a solemnity that could also be felt at the Green Spaces Thirty years after work finished, the This jumble of courtyards and buildings illus- Hôtel de Pennautier in the previous century. mansion house became a Jesuit college. trates the complexity of the way in which Abandoned in the 1950s, a restoration project Viewpoint The doorway on Rue Lakanal dates back to the mansion houses of Toulouse were thankfully saved its façades. 1606 and is attributed to architect Pierre II constructed, with each proprietor adding Souffron, recalling the venue’s new purpose. their own elements to the building. M Metro Station 6. Hôtel d’Assézat 2. Hôtel de Pierre Comère 4. Hôtel Delfau T Tramway Station

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In the XIX Century, Baron Taylor said that 1. Hôtel de Bernuy 10. Hôtel this mansion house was worthy of a Prince. Dahus-Tournoer It was, however, the home of businessman 2. Hôtel de This mansion house giving onto Rue Saint- Built between 1493 and 1497, this mansion Pierre d’Assezat, who commissioned the Pierre Comère 11. Hôtel Rome and Rue Tripière has two faces ; one house was commissioned by merchant Pierre building of one of the most harmonious and Remarkable Heritage Site Maynier dit devoted to its merchant activity and the Delfau. With its boutique and its courtyard thoughtfully decorated private houses of 3. Hôtel d’Astorg “du Vieux-Raisin” other to the private life of its proprietor. dominated by a tower staircase, it is charac- the Renaissance. Several inheritances and a – Saint-Germain This building, much like other “merchant teristic of a type of mansion house building soupçon of patience allowed him to acquire 12. Hôtel d’Espie houses”, combines a commercial purpose, in XV and XVI Century Toulouse. As with the the plots of land needed to begin construction 4. Hôtel Delfau with boutiques facing the street, and the Hôtel d’Astorg, a business premises is located of his mansion house, designed by architect 13. Hôtel residential role of its courtyard. Pierre on the ground floor, whilst a long corridor Nicolas Bachelier, in March 1555. In accor- 5. Hôtel de Pennautier Comère, a merchant and trader, commis- leads to the living areas. In order to explore dance with Toulouse tradition in the XVI de Nupces sioned its construction from 1622 and 1626. these, step up to an arched doorway at 20 Century, the tower staircase, which here sits 14. Hôtel d’Ulmo At 3 Rue Saint-Rome, the mansion house’s Rue de la Bourse. The boutique and corridor in a square corner, serves the living quarters 6. Hôtel d’Assézat decor makes use of brick and stone. Note still boast their original cross-ribbed vaults, of the main building. A ramp beneath the 15. Hôtel the arch that houses a boutique : origi- examples of which are rare nowadays in the tower leads to the kitchens. The ensemble 7. Hôtels Dassier de Bonfontan nally, a second arch existed to its right. civil architecture of Toulouse. The courtyard is rounded off by other amenities: a loggia et Tornié-Barrassy Perpendicular to this, at 9 Rue Tripière, archi- stretches out towards the rear, as well as and a walkway held up by imposing consoles 16. Hôtel tect Pierre Levesville designed a suspended the tower and the walkways that lead to the adorned with volutes. 8. Hôtels de Lafage frontispiece and decors of diamond-shaped various floors of the main body of the building. Bachelier drew his inspiration from the de Molinier points made of cut brick. It opens up onto This mansion house changed hands in step plans of Sebastiano Serlio: other than et de Clary 17. Hôtel, 27 allées the superposition of the order, note the its courtyard, with arches modelled on with the owner’s fortunes and misfortunes, (“de Pierre”) François-Verdier tripartite design of the bays of the second those of the former Capitole. Upon Pierre just like so many others in Toulouse. François floor, set out by the architect. The doorway Comère’s death, these buildings with two de Papus, an advisor to Parliament in 1618, 9. Hôtel d’Avizard 18. Hôtels surmounted by an oculus leads to the faces were split between his two heirs. was one such owner. de Pauilhac, proprietor’s office and, nowadays, provides Marsan et Calvet access to the Jeux Floraux Hall. Heritage Walks 7. Hôtel Dassier and 9. Hôtel d’Avizard 11. Hôtel Maynier 13. Hôtel de Pennautier 15. Hôtel de Bonfontan 17. Hôtel, Hôtel Tornié-Barrassy known as « du Vieux-Raisin » 27 allées François-Verdier Mansion houses Truly remarkable features of our streets, it seems we know mansion houses by heart… but do we really ? Urban residences of important figures prior to the Revolution, originally home to a family and their domestic staff, service rooms were normally located Once separate buildings, these houses in the outbuildings, with stables and are now joined and are home to a hotel. This mansion house provides evidence of Named after a since disappeared inn, this This mansion house at 16 Rue Vélane, built in Philippe de Bonfontan, both Marquis and This home with the allure of a Bourgeois storage rooms on one side and kitchens As so often in Toulouse, the façade at 46 the importance of the use of chromatic mansion house at 36 Rue du Languedoc was a U-shape around a courtyard of honour, looks Capitoul, acquired what is now 41 Rue house can be found on the site of the on the other. Its arrangement and Rue des Couteliers offers no clues as to brickwork, stone and plaster effects in connected to the Hôtel Dahus, with which out onto one of the largest private gardens Croix-Baragnon in 1767. His mansion house former Cathedral quarter, destroyed and decor guided visitors from the official the remarkable features that lie behind it. Toulouse during the XVII and XVIII Centuries. it shares certain characteristics (crenels, in the city. Best explored during the city’s brings a harmonious touch of neoclassical rebuilt after the Revolution. Whilst its entrance to the private rooms and, This part of the mansion house bears the Its excellent state of preservation reinforces false machicolation). Remodelled by succes- Heritage Days. Henri Reich de Pennautier, decor to the street. On the main façade, the façade on Rue Sainte-Anne dates back depending on the period, to the main name of the Dassier family, proprietors its historical significance. Owned by parlia- sive proprietors, it stands as a little labo- a parliamentarian, had this mansion house three central spans form an amply deco- undoubtedly to the Ancien Régime, the from the start of the 1830s, to which we staircase, great hall, lounges… mentarian Claude d’Avizard, its current ratory of Renaissance architecture. The constructed between 1650 and 1654. It is rated Avant-Corps, with a ring of windows building offered a totally different face owe the neoclassical façade that gives great staircase tower was reworked in the Toulouse’s Preservation Area features form dates back to the late XVII Century. Its from this period that the façades looking running round the centre of the first floor. to the Allées François-Verdier following onto the street. Once you pass through façade at 24 Grande Rue Nazareth is more XVI Century : note the medallions adorned onto the courtyard date. Sober and regular, This façade is thoughtfully designed right the dismantling of the ramparts during around 200 mansion houses or the carriage entrance you discover the carefully designed than that of its wing that with portraits above the windows. The two they are studded with bull’s eye and dormer up to its cornice, and contrasts with the the 1830s. The monumental style vestiges from the Middle Ages to the courtyard and its regular façades of the runs along the small Rue Caminade, which wings standing at right angles, featuring windows. This building was undoubtedly far simplicity of the adjacent façade : not as and symmetry of its composition and XVIII Century, probably restored during the early XX Century. The emergence of is more austere. The central doorway alter- windows subtly decorated with grotesques, less sober originally : the removal of the plas- visible and far less ornate. the presence of outbuildings, here following century. the Capitoulat from a high-society were built by Capitoul Béringuier Maynier terwork in the early XX Century destroyed the surmounted by terraces, provide it with The current dining room can be found in nates brick and stonework, whilst the inter- The main entrance is slightly off-centre to of merchants and parliamentarians between 1515 and 1528. Jean Burnet, Clerk colour effects of the façade. The outbuildings, all the characteristics of a mansion house. the living quarters that once belonged to play of shapes and colours stretch across the the left. This shift allows the courtyard to encouraged building of these homes entire façade. Two balconies that are held up of the Parliament, purchased the mansion demolished in 1963, stood on the other side form a regular rectangle despite the irre- The decor is mostly concentrated in the This new special edition of Heritage Walks parliamentarian Guillaume de Tornié (1525) house in 1547 and also undertook works. He by powerful consoles indicate the presence of Rue Vélane. gular shape of the plot. It is, nevertheless, wings: Doric pillars, a frieze of palmettes, invites us to enjoy a sensory, aesthetic designed by great architects, notably and then to Capitoul Pierre Barrassy (1536). enclosed the courtyard with a vaulted gallery of the state rooms above the street. The mansion house was once the property of extremely sober, with openings around its frontispieces… The decorative elements and historic immersion into the heart during the XVI and XVII Centuries. A Renaissance fireplace, one of the last surmounted by a terrace. The mannerist in moulded terracotta are straight from in Toulouse, is sculpted with medallions Enter the courtyard and note the stables Jean-Gabriel Amable de Riquet, the youngest centre for the store rooms and stables. of the ancient city centre of Toulouse. Following the Revolution, artists and windows featuring atlantes and caryatids the catalogue of the Virebent Factory. adorned with portraits and the coat of and storage rooms beneath the main body son of the designer of the Canal du Midi. The terrace, set to the left, is not really Safeguarded and proudly showcased, industrialists joined this closed society may date back to this time. Attributed to Beyond the doorway you can discover arms of the Capitoul. A staircase from the of the building, with the main entrance to It was he who commissioned the façade a suitable space for formal use : it simply there are 142 listed mansion houses by mimicking the proprietors of these Nicolas Bachelier, their suppleness and what once was a garden: the boulevard, XVIII Century, adorned with remarkable the mansion house on the left giving access looking onto the gardens and the many interior provides architectural symmetry. within the city’s Remarkable Heritage expressiveness are depicted with great skill. formerly a promenade that encircled the beautiful homes. ironwork, depicts a serpent with an apple to the monumental ramp-on-ramp stairway. decorations that date back to the mid-XVIII Site zone, and around 210 dotted all over city. In passing, be sure to note the cast The legends of the “pastel trader’s” tempting Eve to sin… Century, which can sometimes be viewed the centre, not to mention the countless house, of the “capitulary” staircase 12. Hôtel d’Espie during Heritage Days. iron rings attached to the wing on the patrician houses that reflect greatly ambi- 16. Hôtel de Lafage left, designed originally for tying horses. tower and even of the “parliamenta- tious architectural development projects 8. Hôtel de Molinier and 10. Hôtel Dahus-Tournoer of their times. rian” mansion house between cour- Hôtel de Clary (« de Pierre ») 18. Hôtel de Pauilhac, These provide evidence of the commer- tyard and garden are still alive today in 14. Hôtel d’Ulmo cial, artistic and political life of Toulouse Toulouse. These tended to be divided Hôtel Marsan and Hôtel Calvet from the medieval period until the early up among heirs or sold off due to the 20th Century, painstakingly built from fortunes or misfortunes of the owner. stone with timeless elegance, 18 sites Often open from Monday to Friday : that now present a heritage that is solemn explore these places of life, work and and breathtaking ! An exceptional treasure ! encounters that are so essential to understanding Toulouse. Jean-Luc Moudenc Mayor of Toulouse Nestling behind a brick doorway at 3 Rue President of Toulouse Métropole Mage, this mansion house combines comfort During the Renaissance, mansion houses' The Capitouls took advantage of a fire in Built in 1859 by the father of gymnast Jules As with other mansion houses in Toulouse, and ingenuity. This project proved to be erudite decors were inspired by treatises on false machicolation and crenels are diverted part of Place Saint-Georges to create unified Léotard, this mansion house was bought in the ruin of several families… best explored architecture. Numbers 25 and 22 on Rue from their original purpose here and used façades. Guillaume Cammas, architect of 1888 by the Pauilhac Family, co-founders during the city’s Heritage Days. Félix-François Behind its wall pierced by a doorway and Extend your visit de la Dalbade illustrate this phenomenon for their symbolic value. Built in 1460-1470, Le Capitole, designed this mansion house of the Job paper mill. The three heirs, two d’Espie entrusted these works to Hyacinthe surmounted by a terrace, this mansion house perfectly. At n°25, François de Clary, the this mansion house at 9 Rue Ozenne origi- project in 1747. Henri-Joseph de Lafage, sisters and a brother, divided up the property with Urban-Hist. Labat de Savignac. In order to maximise at 15 Rue Ninau was developed around a set first President of the Toulouse Parliament, nally stretched across a very significant plot General Syndic of the States of Languedoc, in 1905. They undertook a number of works comfort and light, in 1750 the architect of medieval buildings. It houses a straight enhanced a mansion house built by Nicolas of land. The Hôtel Maynier, on the other was chosen to undertake this work. This here, designed by Barthélémy Guitard. suggested a plan set between courtyard and stone staircase, built ramp-on-ramp, with a Bachelier with a new wing giving onto side of the street, was an integral part of gardens with the staircase on the left-hand resting platform between the floors, which was a very advantageous deal : part of the Juliette Pauilhac and her husband, Antoine- the street between 1609 and 1611. The this building constructed by Capitoul Pierre wing, ensuring that the central body of the is reputed to be one of the very first in the costs of the work would be assumed by François Calvet, had a new mansion house proprietor was a cultivated gentleman and Dahus. Upon his death, it was split into building would be devoted to the reception city. Jean de Ulmo, a magistrate, added this the city. With a streamlined aspect, the built at n°76 Boulevard de Strasbourg in demonstrated this fact : the façade designed two homes linked by outbuildings. These rooms. Almost entirely made of brick, this feature in 1529 to the right of an older buil- façade of thirteen bays is enlivened by the the Neo-Louis XVI style, with neoclassical by Pierre II Souffron drew inspiration from disappeared when the Rue Ozenne was laid mansion house conceals a surprise : its attics ding. Its presence is signalled by a triangular central Avant-Corps and its frontispiece. décor that imitated stonework. Geneviève Free on Android and ios. the works of Andrea Palladio. The abundance around 1907. are also brick-built, according to a technique frontispiece, as well as a canopy, probably The arcades were devoted to trade, provi- Pauilhac and Jules Marsan occupied the of details taken from the prints of Jacques Guillaume de Tournoer bought the mansion In partnership with the Tourist Office invented by Espie who sought to design a from the XVII Century. The top part of the ding additional revenue to Lafage. central section giving onto the street, whose Androuet du Cerceau is also worth noting. house and began construction on the http://www.toulouse-tourisme.com/ fire-proof building. old staircase tower to the left was removed, Approaching the grill of the carriage door façade with five spans is adorned with a The decorations on the street side were imposing tower staircase in 1533. Note Text : Natacha Scheidhauer-Fradin Declared bankrupt, he quickly sold on the having become redundant. you can see the oval-shaped courtyard, central bow window. The son, Georges only completed in the XIX Century. the stylistic variations in the decor : the and Toulouse Métropole mansion house to the Marquis de Chalvet, the These works were financed by funds which communicates with a now disap- Pauilhac, inherited n°72. At the rear of the Parliamentarian Gaspard de Molinier had mullioned windows are Gothic, the doorway Photos © Direction du patrimoine, Meritxell Baldello, Seneschal of Toulouse, who met his own ruin embezzled by the dishonest magistrate. peared garden. The more private rooms, courtyard, head towards the neo-Gothic Patrick Daubert, Patrice Nin already done much the same at n°22. The to the tower, with its low arch, is adorned continuing its construction. Irishman Justin Condemned in 1536, this mansion house was used for family life, are set here, whilst the building and its doorway surmounted by Graphic design : www.vifdesign.fr doorway to his mansion house is adorned with Renaissance motifs, whilst the pedi- Published in July 2019 McCarthy Reagh acquired the property and acquired by his accuser… Take the passageway larger formal rooms look out over the square. a knight: this is home to his collection of with a fantastical bestiary, as well as with mented windows on the top two floors of completed the work in the late XVIII Century to the right of the courtyard of honour that Finally, take note of the staircase that dates weapons. Considered the “last great armoury plays of relief and colour. Dating from 1556, it the tower date from the XVII Century. recalls the plans for a doorway by Sebastiano without changing either the distribution or leads into the rear courtyard : before being back to 1753, heralding the end of the buil- of Europe”, it was purchased upon his death Serlio, whose Livre Extraordinaire was publi- the sequence of the façades, which boast a turned into a garden, this area led to the ding’s construction. in 1959 by the Musée des Invalides. licence zcard shed just five years earlier. timeless elegance. stables and storage rooms.