Bibliothèque Municipale de Toulouse
Montariol, Jean
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Alternative Title
Municipal Library of Toulouse
Date
1935Description
Detail, west side; Jean Montariol was the chief architect of the city of Toulouse from 1929 to 1949. The library collection contains historical manuscripts and other works once owned by various regional monasteries and churches, confiscated in the French Revolution, as well as modern regional works and archives. The library opened one of the first Children's Libraries in France in 1940 (a division in the building). Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/18/2011)
Type of Work
library (building)Subject
architecture, Education, Art Deco, Twentieth century
Rights
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only