AUTUMN IN THE PYRENEES: Toulouse

Notes from a walking tour in Toulouse:

For a marriage to be recognized in France, there must be a civil ceremony.  A second, religious ceremony is optional.  In the Toulouse region, all civil marriages must be in the city hall (left). There are 20 to 30 of these a day.

Jacobin's Church is unusual in that there is a singular row of columns, separating the church in two halves. The larger left half shown here was for the Dominicans; the smaller right hand side was for the parishioners.

The Basilica Saint-Sernin allegedly has relics (e.g. bones) from four of the Apostles.  (Yea. Right!)  A basilica is a church that has been consecrated by a pope (Leo the something or other ???).  This church has two double rows on columns forming a center and two outside sections.  The center was for the parishioners.  The sides were for the pilgrims to visit the relics without disturbing the parishioners.

As we left the basilica, a religious wedding was beginning.