Editing Toulouse (section)

===19th century architecture===
Toulouse's 19th century architecture can be divided into three periods, which sometimes overlapped. In the first half of the century, at the instigation of architect Jacques-Pascal Virebent, the main architecturally unified squares were created: the ''Place du Capitole'' and the ''Place Wilson'' (called ''place Villeneuve'' when it was built), whose uniform architecture was inspired by [[Rue de Rivoli]] in Paris.

From 1830 onwards, Auguste Virebent and his brothers (sons of Jacques-Pascal) developed a factory of low-cost moulded decorations which met with great success and adorned Toulouse facades with numerous terracotta ornaments, far from the austere architecture of their father.

Then, in the last third of the 19th century, large Haussmann-style avenues were opened in the town centre, such as the central Alsace-Lorraine street, built in yellow brick to imitate Parisian stone.

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File:Toulouse-Place du Capitole.jpg|''Place du Capitole'', the main square of Toulouse (19th c.)
File:Café_Bibent.jpg|''Place du Capitole'' (''Café Bibent'')
File:Maison Lamothe (Toulouse).jpg|Facade with moulded terracotta decorations (19th c.)
File:Immeuble_28_rue_des_Marchands.jpg|Facade with moulded terracotta decorations (19th c.)
File:Toulouse - rue d'Alsace.jpg|Yellow brick of Alsace-Lorraine street (19th c.)
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