The former church of St Pierre des Cuisines of Toulouse !!

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I am coming back updating some older posts that needed refresh text and links for you and me, This is one of my favorite cities of France and very sentimental family side,  I have to tell you about this off the beaten path monument of the City , Ah the City is Toulouse in the Haute Garonne dept 31 of the Occitanie region of my belle France.  This time I do justice to the former church of St Pierre des Cuisines of Toulouse !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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The former Saint-Pierre-des-Cuisines church, located at rue de la Boule, next to Place Saint-Pierre is the oldest church in southwest France!!!. It is built on an old Gallo-Roman necropolis of the 4C. It is now placed under the responsibility of the Saint-Raymond museum (see post). Today, it houses a 400-seat auditorium for the Toulouse regional conservatory. The proximity of the place to the premises of the National Conservatory of Toulouse Region made it an auditorium for this establishment (for the old church), but also, for the surrounding premises, a dance school attached to the Conservatory which houses several dance halls. The name Saint-Pierre-des-Cuisines comes from a French version of Coquinis, designating small craftsmen.

A bit of history tell us that the original church was built in the 5C on a necropolis. In the 10C, Count William IV allowed the Benedictines of Moissac Abbey to take possession of it. It was only a priory which was entrusted five centuries later to the Carthusians. Meanwhile, the church is adorned with a new nave and a new choir. The fishermen in the region once honored Saint Peter by dedicating a priory to him. The name of these Coquins from the Gallo-Roman era was therefore assigned by Guilhem IV to the building when he entrusted it to the Abbey of Moissac. The church contains an archaeological crypt presenting the remains of a 4C early Christian basilica and a pre-Romanesque church. In the 11C, the church was donated to the Abbey of Moissac by the Count of Toulouse. From the 12C, the church was a high public place. In 1189, Count Raymond V of Toulouse recognized the privileges of the Commune of Toulouse, headed by capitouls. This gesture was renewed by Raymond VI of Toulouse in 1195, and by Raymond VII of Toulouse in 1222.

This is where Simon de Montfort signed the Toulouse surrender. It is also within these walls that the counts took the habit of gathering the people of Toulouse. In 1286, the Customs of the city were officially promulgated there. In the 16C, the church became the property of the Carthusians. During the French revolution, Saint-Pierre-des-Cuisines suffered the same fate as the Jacobins church and the Daurade basilica. The army took possession of the church and used it to melt cannons, and as a warehouse. The parish is transferred to the Chartreux church which then takes the name of Saint-Pierre-des-Chartreux (see post).

The Toulouse tourist office on the now auditorium of Saint Pierre des Cuisines : https://www.toulouse-tourisme.com/activite/auditorium-saint-pierre-des-cuisines/

The city of Toulouse on the Auditorium of Saint Pierre des Cuisines: https://metropole.toulouse.fr/annuaire/auditorium-saint-pierre-des-cuisines

There you go folks, a nice historical monument on a great city of pink and just a wonderful time always. It is worth the detour, me think on a visit while in Toulouse ! Again, hope you enjoy this post on the former church of St Pierre des Cuisines of Toulouse !! as I

And remember , happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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