Musée des Augustins (1893–1903, ).
Classified MH (1840, former
Augustinian convent),
Listed MH (1990, 19th century wing) and
Classified MH (2018, all the buildings making up the Musée des Augustins). The
Musée des Augustins is the municipal museum of fine arts. It occupies the buildings of the former
Augustinian convent.
Consular Palace A
Hôtel particulier was built in the middle of the 17th century for Jean Baptiste de Ciron, lord of
Carmaux and president of the
parliament of Toulouse. In 1742, it passed to two members of the , but ten years later it was sold to Count Joseph de Fumel, then, in 1769, it was purchased by the municipality and extensively remodeled to become the residence of the first presidents of the parliament. The
French Revolution brought upheavals: in 1790, the parliament was abolished and the town ceded the hotel to the Directory of the department, which left it in November 1799 to settle in the . Consequently, three years later, following the
Concordat, the hotel was assigned to the accommodation of the new . But a century later, in December 1906, under the
law of separation, the Hôtel de l'Archevêché was decommissioned, then sold to the city's which took possession of it in 1913. The consular palace is made up of several buildings between rue d'Alsace-Lorraine (current n°2) and (current n°6), facing . In 1921, the architects
Barthélémy Guitard and were responsible for the construction of a new building along rue d'Alsace-Lorraine, in order to accommodate shops on the ground floor, two apartments on the mezzanine and a « commercial museum » upstairs. In 1936, the building was extended to the south over three bays, covering the facade of the former Ciron-Fumel hotel. The facade, in
neo-classical style, is a pastiche of 18th century Toulouse architecture, playing on the polychromy of cut stone and brick. It extends over ten bays and rises over three levels – ground floor, mezzanine and one floor. The ground floor is pierced by large shop openings which alternate with narrower openings. The entrance doors are located in the side bays. The mezzanine and upper floor are lit by rectangular windows, highlighted by a cut stone frame. The windows on the 1st floor have
balconies with balusters, supported by heavy carved consoles. They are topped with sculpted
friezes and the frame has a clasp loaded with a large
volute. The elevation is crowned with a large
cornice with
dentils and
modillions, topped by a balustrade. File:Chambre de commerce - Hôtel de Ciron - Fumel à Toulouse 2019.jpg|The consular palace seen from . File:Chambre de commerce - Hôtel de Ciron - Fumel rue d'Alsace - Toulouse.jpg|The building on rue d'Alsace-Lorraine (1st half of the 20th century). File:Palais-consulaire.JPG|The building at the corner of rue d'Alsace-Lorraine and (end of the 19th century). File:Chambre de commerce - Hôtel de Ciron - Fumel à Toulouse - Détail du fronton.jpg|The pediment and coat of arms of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Department stores • n°28: La Maison Universelle department store. • n°37-39: Monoprix department store. The
Monoprix brand, created in
Rouen in 1932 by
Max Heilbronn, opened a large store in 1934 in Toulouse on (locations of current n°54 and 56). Gradually, the store was expanded by the acquisition of neighboring buildings on rue d'Alsace-Lorraine (locations of current n°37 and 39) and rue de la Pomme (locations of current no°52 and 58 to 62). The construction of a new store was entrusted in 1963 to architects
Noël Le Maresquier and
Paul de Noyers. The building, in a modern style, rises at the crossroads of rue de la Pomme, forming an
acute angle. The facades, almost blind, are covered with a red brick facing. The 2nd floor is opened by four small square windows. The 3rd floor is lit by a continuous strip of windows, highlighted by a protruding frame. The 5th and 6th floors, coated, are set back from the plumb line of the facade. • n°37-39: Au Capitole department store. The Au Capitole department store was built between 1903 and 1904 by the compan, to the plans of the architect , in the
Art Nouveau style. In 1984, the
Galeries Lafayette group took over the building. The store closed its doors in 2013 and the building was sold to the
Primark group, which opened its Toulouse store in 2018. The building is characteristic of constructions from the beginning of the 20th century, with an exposed
cast-iron architecture and light brick filling. Georges Debrie, however, respects the forms of Toulouse
neoclassical architecture, with an alternation of narrow rectangular openings and wider basket-handle openings. The elevation is thus punctuated by the bays of the doors, highlighted on the ground floor and the mezzanine by the brick bossing and crowned by large medallions sculpted in stone, surrounded by garlands of flowers and leaves and masks. The three large metal basket-handle arches join the intermediate bays. They are intersected by cast iron columns. The elevation is crowned by a broken cornice with modillions. Inside, the architect uses the possibilities offered by the metal architecture to free up a vast central space, covered by a glass dome, which illuminates the heart of the building. The double ramp staircase provides access to the upper levels. An elevator was added, then an escalator, the first in the city when it was installed.
Buildings • n°14: Grand Hôtel Tivollier.A traveler hotel was built between 1872 and 1873 to the plans of Isidore Villamur on behalf of Auguste Tivollier. The building stands at the corner of . It houses a hotel, equipped with all modern comforts: 52 rooms, a restaurant, lounges, heating by heater, hydraulic elevator, electric bells connected to the reception. The basement is occupied by the Tivollier pâté factory, the shop being on the ground floor. In 1904, the hotel was closed by Emmanuel Tivollier, son and successor of Auguste, who opened the Grand-Hôtel et Tivollier in association with the Société des Grands Hôtels in (current n°31). Only the pâté shop remained until 1964. The
eclectic architecture, in the Haussmann style, developed in a rigorous manner. The facade is symmetrical, with the three central bays projecting slightly. The ground floor and the mezzanine are joined by large rectangular openings. On the upper floors, the windows have stone balconies with guardrails: simple
balconies on the 1st floor, continuous balconies resting on consoles on the 2nd and 3rd floors. The attic level is covered by a roof with long pitched slate and zinc roofs. It is pierced by dormer windows with a stone frame surmounted by a curvilinear pediment. At the crossroads of rue Baour-Lormian, the cut corner concentrates most of the ornamentation. The ground floor and mezzanine are joined by a semi-circular shop arcade. It has preserved its molded doorframe and a clasp which supports a frame, supported by laurel branches and framed by two nymphs holding a gabled scepter and a bunch of grapes. On the 1st floor, the window has a molded jamb, a stone baluster railing and a carved clasp. It is framed by two sheathed atlanteans, which support the balustered balcony of the 2nd floor. • n°38: Cazeaux and Martin building. The building, built in 1884 by the architect
Jacques Lacassin, on behalf of Ms. Cazeaux and Ms. Martin, was occupied, from 1888, by the Grand Hôtel de la Poste. It now houses, on the upper floors, the honorary consulate of Slovenia. The building has a long facade of eleven bays. It is driven by a continuous
bossing. The ground floor is pierced with rectangular shop openings. The floors are highlighted by the balconies – continuous on the 1st and 3rd floor – equipped with
guard rail with
cast iron and plant motifs. The
attic level, covered by a roof with long pitched slate and tile sides, is pierced with
dormer windows. The three central bays are, however, highlighted by a different treatment. On the ground floor, the semi-circular portal has a molded frame, framed by
pilasters which support a broken
pediment, where the HC monogram takes place, surrounded by leathers, garlands, flowers and a female head. At mezzanine level, two atlanteans support the balcony. On the upper floors, the bays are framed by fluted pilasters with Corinthian capitals, colossal on the 1st and 2nd floors, simple on the 3rd floor. Finally, a curvilinear pediment interrupted by a large dormer window crowns the whole at the attic level. ). • n°42 bis:
Hall de la Dépêche Monument historique (1997, facades and roofs) and . In 1924, and
Maurice Sarraut, co-directors of
La Dépêche du Midi, took the decision to build a new headquarters for the newspaper, a large building between rue d'Alsace-Lorraine and (current n°15). The architecture, in
Art Deco style, is a manifesto of modernity in the heart of rue d'Alsace-Lorraine, breaking with the Haussmannian facades. The first plans by the architect,
Léon Jaussely, date from 1926, but the building was not completed until 1932. It includes on the ground floor a hall for promoting and marketing the newspaper, and on the office floor and staff accommodation. The building has a
concrete frame. It rises on four levels – a basement, a ground floor, a mezzanine and an upper floor. The facade, three bays wide, is symmetrical and has a stepped gable. It is entirely covered with a predominantly blue mosaic, by Alphonse Gentil and François Bourdet. The sides are decorated with
fluted pilasters, surmounted by two
oculi in which the
monogram of the Dispatch – two intertwined Ds – takes place. The ground floor is punctuated by three large rectangular openings, separated by two columns. The mezzanine is lit by three large windows with canted frames. It is covered with mosaics depicting intertwined rings. The upper floor, where the newspaper's offices were located, has large windows which have
balconies with
wrought guard rail with geometric patterns. They are surmounted by the entire height of the gable, covered with the main part of the mosaic, a figure of a draped woman, the face surrounded by rays of light in which the different sections of the newspaper are inscribed, and surmounted by a sun and clouds. • n°46: Gailhard building The building was built in 1883 by the architect
Jacques Lacassin, on behalf of
Pedro Gailhard, a lyrical artist who had a remarkable career in
Paris, at the
Opéra-Comique, then at the
Opera. It presents on rue d'Alsace-Lorraine a facade of an
eclectic style animated by
neo-Renaissance references. On the upper floors, the three central bays are framed by
fluted pilasters with
Corinthian capitals. On the 3rd floor, the windows are semi-circular and separated by
columns with Ionic capitals, topped with busts. At the
attic level, they are crowned by a broken
pediment where a large
dormer window is located. The
mullion of the skylight is decorated with a statue which represents
Mephisto, whose role in
Charles Gounod's
Faust made Pedro Gailhard famous. • n°49: Lacomme building. The building was built around 1881 by the architect Ernest Gazagne, on behalf of Mr. Lacomme. The facade on rue Alsace-Lorraine is imposing, through the exclusive use of cut stone and the richness and heaviness of the decor. The ground floor and mezzanine are joined by two semi-circular shop arcades which frame the entrance door. The door is surmounted, at mezzanine level, by a curvilinear
pediment where two lions sit, and by an oval opening, decorated with bas-reliefs with plant motifs. At the same level, sheathed
caryatids topped with
Ionic capitals separate the bays of the mezzanine, supporting the
balcony of the 1st floor. The floors are punctuated by fluted
pilasters with
composite capitals, colossal on the 1st and 2nd floors, simple on the 3rd floor. The semi-circular windows have a molded frame. They have cast iron transoms and stone balconies, supported by consoles and fitted with cast iron railings. In addition, the central window of the 1st floor has a grimacing Silenus mask on its clasp. The elevation is crowned with a cornice with modillions, topped with a stone balustrade. • n°59: former headquarters of BNP Paribas. The building was built in 1895 to house the regional headquarters of the
Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris (CNEP), merged in 1966 with the
Banque nationale pour le commerce et l'industrie (BNCI) to create the
Banque nationale de Paris (BNP), which became BNP Paribas in 2000, and which it finally left in 2020.The building stands on a privileged site, at the corner of (current n°11). It is notable for its
eclectic architecture and exuberant decor, particularly the corner
rotunda. The 1st floor is highlighted by a
balcony, supported by large leafy consoles and decorated with a cast iron railing with geometric patterns. The windows are separated by
pilasters with
Ionic capitals from which garlands fall, supporting an
entablature decorated with marble slabs under a
cornice with modillions. The
rotunda is crowned with a stone baluster railing and surmounted by a slate-covered dome, partly hidden by a 24-digit
clock, inscribed in a skylight. The date of completion of the work can be read in a
cartouche, framed by small pilasters which support a broken pediment, whose scrolls frame a woman's head. On Rivals Street, the facade extends over five bays, wide and rectangular, but it received a simpler treatment. • n°75: Ravel building.A first building was built in the mid-19th century on (current n°55). In 1877, it was integrated into a new building built by the architect
Georges Masquet on rue d'Alsace-Lorraine on behalf of Mr. Ravel. The corner of this street is magnified by a light brick rotunda. The ground floor has rectangular openings. The 1st floor is highlighted by a continuous stone and
baluster balcony. It is supported by consoles decorated with foliage which alternate with a statue of Industry (a woman wearing a laurel wreath, accompanied by a cogwheel and an anvil) and Commerce (a man accompanied by an anchor and merchandise). The 1st and 2nd floors are pierced with windows with sculpted frames and joined by colossal
columns with Corinthian capitals, which support an entablature. The 3rd floor, also with a balustered balcony, is of a similar but simpler style. The cornice with modillions which crowns the elevation is surmounted by a slate
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