Editing Toulouse (section)

====Gothic civil architecture====
Toulouse has preserved about thirty Gothic stair towers (plus a dozen Renaissance or later towers),<ref>Jean-François Gourdou, "''Tours tolosanes''", Éditions Privat, 2008.</ref> the remains of private mansions (called ''[[hôtel particulier|hôtels particuliers]]'') from the Middle Ages and the early 16th century. Often hidden in courtyards, some of these towers are high enough to exceed their function of serving the floors and display the ambition of their owners.

At a time when most of the houses in Toulouse were built in wood or [[Cob (material)|cob]], the brick construction of these towers and ''hôtels'' also testifies to their quality.

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File:Toulouse - Tour de Séguy 1477 01.jpg|Séguy tower, 1477
File:Toulouse - Tour de Boysson.jpg|Boysson tower, 1478
File:Delfau-sommet-2.jpg|Delfau tower, 1497
File:Lancefoc et Serta.jpg|Lancefoc tower (late 15th c.) and Serta tower (1529)
File:Olmieres-tour.jpg|Olmières tower, 1503
File:Bernuy-sommet-2.jpg|Bernuy tower, 1504
File:Bruni-tour.jpg|Bruni tower, 1510
File:Tour de Berenguier Bonnefoy 1513.JPG|Beringuier Bonnefoy tower, 1513
File:2_rue_Saint-Rome_-_Tour_Serta.jpg|Serta tower, 1529
File:Toulouse_-_Maison_Pierre_Delfau_-_Porche_PA00094614.jpg|Door of the Hotel Delfau
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