Augustinian convent (Toulouse)
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The Couvent des Augustins in Toulouse
was a convent of Augustinian hermits founded in 1268. It was first set up outside the walls of the city, near porte Matabiau, then moved between 1310 and 1341 in the corner of rue du Musée and rue des Arts. It was suppressed in 1790 and its buildings used to house the Musée des Augustins
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Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
was a convent of Augustinian hermits founded in 1268. It was first set up outside the walls of the city, near porte Matabiau, then moved between 1310 and 1341 in the corner of rue du Musée and rue des Arts. It was suppressed in 1790 and its buildings used to house the Musée des Augustins
Musée des Augustins
The Musée des Augustins de Toulouse is a fine arts museum in Toulouse, France which conserves a collection of sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century...
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