Saint Nicolas Church, Toulouse

Saint-Nicolas Church (Toulouse)

Saint Nicolas Church
Basic information
Location 25 Grande Rue Saint-Nicolas, 31000 Toulouse, France
Geographic coordinates 43°35′57″N 1°26′03″E / 43.599271°N 1.434257°E / 43.599271; 1.434257Coordinates: 43°35′57″N 1°26′03″E / 43.599271°N 1.434257°E / 43.599271; 1.434257
Affiliation Roman Catholic
State Haute-Garonne
Province Archdiocese of Toulouse
Region Midi-Pyrénées
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Gothic architecture
Groundbreaking XIVe (Bell Tower)

Saint-Nicolas Church is located in Saint Cyprien neighbourhood on the west side of the Garonne River, just outside the old city walls of Toulouse.

Description

Saint Nicolas is the patron saint of sailors and those who are afraid of sinking. He might have been frequently solicited in a neighbourhood that has known yearly flash flood, for instance, the 1875 significant one.

Its Tolosan style octagonal bell tower was rebuilt around 1300, copying those of Saint Sernin and Church of the Jacobins.

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