Still in Place Arnaud Bernard.
When the weather is nice, many imigrans from Algeria, Tunisia or Maroc get together for some chat. In this place we could also fine Arabian foods or epicerie selling herbs and spices for Arabic cuisine and also meat with "Halal label".
L'Eglise Saint-Pierre Blagnac
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 | Blagnac, Church, Public Building with 3 comments »
L'eglise Catholique Saint Pierre , Saint-Pierre Catholic Church in Blagnac was build on 11th century. It was built on the site of a Gallo-Roman temple dedicated to the god Jupiter.
At the end of the 14th century, the Devoisins family had replaces the old tower by another which was a copy of the one of Saint Sernin Basilica.
This chuch located on the old district of Blagnac, Toulouse suburbs. It used to open from 9.00am to 6.00pm for everyone who want to visit or pray but now - since 1st of April 2008 -had been close for some interior renovation. It will be open again on September 2009.
Rare in a southern city such as Toulouse, this garden offers botanical varieties of the Far East. Designed by the research department of gardens and green spaces as a place of meditation, there is a mineral garden, a red wooden bridge connecting a typical Japanese island which is allegorical paradise. It builds on the established gardens in Kyoto between the fourteenth century and sixteenth century, corresponding to times of Muromachi and Edo. It is isolated from the rest of the park through curtains of greenery and a hill offering some privacy.
The garden is composed of : a dry garden : with the island Crane, with the Turtle Island, with the 9 rocks, a lake a tea pavilion a garden planted with : a dry waterfall, with a lantern, stones of three saints, with the red bridge, with Mount Fuji, with the island of Paradise
The Japanese garden in Toulouse is a remarkable park of France located north of downtown Toulouse in the district of Compans Cafarelli. This garden was created in 1981 to meet the wishes of Pierre Baudis during his term as mayor of Toulouse. He appreciated this type of garden during travel, particularly in Dublin. The park closed 7 000 m² is part of a green area of 10 hectares in the heart of recent district Compans-Caffarelli. In 1993, the garden received the national grand prize as a Remarkable Garden .
Cao Dai Temple Holly Mass
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 | Activities, Daily life, Public Building with 3 comments ».
Mid day Holly Mass at Cao Dai Temple.
This photo of course is not a photo taken in Toulouse but in Cao Dai, near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This is my souvenir from my summer holiday this year
I love the lines of people and the decorative pilars.
Interior Saint Michel Jail
Monday, October 06, 2008 | Architecture, Lines, Public Building with 1 comments »This is interior of Saint Michel Jail (Maison d'arrêt Saint Michel). You could see that they put nets to avoid prissoners jumping to the ground. This prison were build in 19th century, with red bricks and little stone, typical Toulousaine Building.
During the Nazi occupation, many were resistant prisoners sentenced to death and executed, as Marcel Langer, head of the 35th brigade FTP-MOI.
