Notre-Dame church of Dalbade

The Église Notre-Dame of Dalbade is located in the district of the Carmes at Toulouse which one should not confuse with the basilica of the Sea-bream close to the quays. Its current name comes from old the church which preceded it and which was covered with a white coating (of the Chaux), conferring to him the name of Santa Maria dealbata (Holy Marie the white one). The current building, rather austere of outside, is typical Gothic architecture southernmost.

History

This first church held place of 541 at the end of the XVe century with the place of an oratorical first . It finishes devastated by a Incendie on October 27th 1442 at the same time as the remainder of the district. In spite of its disappearance, the current name of the dalbade drift of the dealbata ).

Its construction would date from the end of the XVe century, towards 1480. Its Clocher signed Nicolas Bachelier (author of the Hotel of Assézat and the New Bridge) was built in 1551. It was rebuilt in 1881 and marked the higher point of the city until in 1926. It was comparable with that of the Cathédrale Holy-Cecile of Albi. This last brutally collapsed top of its 91 meters height on April 11th 1926. About thirty busts in embossing carved by Nicolas and his pupils are exposed to the Musée Augustins.

The church with the pace of moyenâgeuse fortress with thick walls, narrow openings and a northern tower with Crenel present in frontage, a Tympanum of the type rebirth Italy, made Ceramic and represents a copy of the crowning of the virgin of FRA Angelico. The gate rebirth goes back as for him to 1537. This blazing decoration was carried out by Gaston Virebent in 1878.

See too

External bond

Phototèque on the wiki of Toulouse wikitoulouse.fr

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