Saint-Pierre church of the Kitchens

The Saint-Pierre Church of the Kitchens , located on the Place Saint-Pierre at Toulouse, is oldest church south-west of the France. It is built on old a necropolis Gallo-Roman of the 4th century. It is classified historic building since 1977. Today, it shelters a Auditorium of 400 places for the Conservatoire with regional radiation of Toulouse.

History

Like his/her big sister the Basilica Saint-Sernin, the church had been built with on a necropolis. , The count Guilhem IV allowed the Bénédictin S of the abbey of Moissac to take possession of it.

It was only one priory which was entrusted five centuries later to the Carthusian monks. Meanwhile, the church was avoided of a new nave and a new chorus.

The name Saint-Pierre of the Kitchens has nothing to do with any place of restoration. Cuisines is a francized version of Coquinis , and appoints small craftsmen. The history tells that fishermen of the area had formerly honoured Saint-Pierre by dedicating a priory to him. The name of these Coquins of the Gallo-Roman time was thus allotted by Guilhem IV to the building when he entrusted it to the abbey of Moissac.

The church contains a archaeological Crypte presenting the vestiges of a Basilique paléochrétienne of the 4th century and of a pre-Romance church. To the 11th century, the church is given to the Abbaye of Moissac by the Count de Toulouse. As from the 12th century, the church is a high public place. In 1189, the count Raymond V of Toulouse recognizes there the privileges of the Commune of Toulouse directed by Capitoul S. This gesture is renewed by Raymond VI of Toulouse in 1195, and by Raymond VII of Toulouse in 1222.

It is at this place that Simon de Montfort signed Toulouse rendering. It is as in these walls as the counts took the practice to gather the Toulouse people.

In 1286, the Habits of the city are officially promulgated there.

At the 16th century, the church becomes property of the Chartreux. With the revolution, Saint-Pierre of the Kitchens knew the same fate as the church of the Jacobins and the Basilique of the Sea-bream. The army took possession of the places and made use of it to melt of the guns, and like warehouse.

The proximity of the place with the buildings of the National Academy of Area of Toulouse in made an auditorium for this establishment (as regards the old church), but also, for the buildings neighborhood, a school of dance attached to the Academy which offers several rooms of dance of a considerable surface.

See too

External bonds

the church on the site of the town hall of Toulouse

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