Bernuy mansion (Toulouse)

France / Midi-Pyrenees / Toulouse
 house, Renaissance (architecture)
 Upload a photo

Jean de Bernuy, a Spanish Jew who fled from the Inquisition, became a rich merchant thanks to the trade in woad, a plant which gives an indelible blue dye. In the XVIth century he had this fine Renaissance-style residence built by the architect Louis Privat.

This magnificent mansion possesses the tallest octagonal staircase in Toulouse, and is today home to a part of the Lycée and Collège Pierre de Fermat. www.uk.toulouse-tourisme.com/sights-and-visits-the-bern...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   43°36'10"N   1°26'27"E
This article was last modified 16 years ago