I present to you a magnificent mansion of Toulouse called " : D'Ulmo mansion ". It is one of the most beautiful Renaissance style mansion in Toulouse. It inspired many others mansions in Toulouse. We one this mansion to " Jean D'Ulmo " to a wealth family. He would attempt and succeed in gaining social status, but his pathological dishonesty would ultimately lead to him being hanged at the end of the rope. The construction of this mansion in the downtown of Toulouse stretched throughout the 16.th

The Toulouse blog will invite you to discover Toulouse through a specific theme : buildings dating the Middle Ages . Indeed, like all European cities in the Middle Ages, Toulouse was built up with buildings dating from that period. During your walks through the Pink City, you can discover these buildings throughout the City center . These buildings dating from this period have a particular type of construction that depended on whether they were occupied by a wealthy or poor family ! .

Let me introduce a new mansion in the city center of Toulouse called " Bernuy " . We owe it to the Pastel trade, as its owner was one of the greatest merchants of this famous blue pigment, which had conquered the world in the 16th. century. Indeed, this mansion was built by " jean de Bernuy " with the collaboration of the famous Toulouse architect " Nicolas Bachelier ", and it is in the Renaissance style. This mansion of Toulouse has one main point of interest there consists of a grand gate ! .