France-Toulouse

Les Jacobins Toulouse monastery complex is the largest of its kind in France. The project began in 1230, and was carried out in different stages. In this building entirely made of bricks, the contrast between its massive or even austere aspect of the exterior and the extraordinary lightness of the interior architecture where the famous palm-tree ribs thrust upwards. There is also a beautiful cloister.

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Les Jacobins Toulouse monastery complex is the largest of its kind in France. The project began in 1230, and was carried out in different stages. In this building entirely made of bricks, the contrast between its massive or even austere aspect of the exterior and the extraordinary lightness of the interior architecture where the famous palm-tree ribs thrust upwards. There is also a beautiful cloister.