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Toulouse
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A historic and important city of South France, capital of Haute-Garonne, pleasantly situated on a plain and touching on one side the Garonne (here spanned by a fine bridge) and on the other the Canal du Midi, 160 m. SE. of Bordeaux; notable buildings are the cathedral and Palais de Justice; is the seat of an archbishop, schools of medicine, law, and artillery, various academies, and a Roman Catholic university; manufactures woollens, silks, &c.; in 1814 was the scene of a victory of Wellington over Soult and the French. Under the name of Tolosa it figures in Roman and mediæval times as a centre of learning and literature, and was for a time capital of the kingdom of the Visigoths.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Toulouse'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/t/toulouse.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Toulouse'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/t/toulouse.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
