Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE. HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. BASILIQUE SAINT SERNIN. BUILT FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE 10TH CENTURY TO HOUSE NUMEROUS RELICS, INCLUDING THAT OF SAINT SATURNIN, THE CURRENT CHURCH WAS CONSECRATED IN 1096 BY POPE URBAIN II. ELEVATED TO THE RANK OF BASILICA IN 1878, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CENTRES OF PILGRIMAGE IN THE MEDIEVAL WEST AND REMAINS THE LARGEST SURVIVING ROMANESQUE CHURCH IN EUROPE. HERE, THE CHOIR AND APSE OF THE MONUMENT AS SEEN FROM THE SQUARE TO THE EAST. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE. HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. BASILIQUE SAINT SERNIN. BUILT FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE 11TH CENTURY TO HOUSE NUMEROUS RELICS, INCLUDING THAT OF SAINT SATURNIN, THE CURRENT CHURCH WAS CONSECRATED IN 1096 BY POPE URBAN II. ELEVATED TO THE RANK OF BASILICA IN 1878, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CENTRES OF PILGRIMAGE IN THE MEDIEVAL WEST AND REMAINS THE LARGEST SURVIVING ROMANESQUE CHURCH IN EUROPE. HERE, THE NAVE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE . OCCITANIE. TOULOUSE. SAINT SERNIN BASILICA. BUILT FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE 11TH CENTURY TO HOUSE NUMEROUS RELICS, INCLUDING THAT OF SAINT SATURNIN, THE CURRENT CHURCH WAS CONSECRATED IN 1096 BY POPE URBAN II. ELEVATED TO THE RANK OF BASILICA IN 1878, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CENTRES OF PILGRIMAGE IN THE MEDIEVAL WEST AND REMAINS THE LARGEST SURVIVING ROMANESQUE CHURCH IN EUROPE. HERE, THE CHOIR AISLE, WITH ITS FAMOUS BAS-RELIEFS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE. OCCITANIE. HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. SAINT SERNIN BASILICA. BUILT FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE 11TH CENTURY TO HOUSE NUMEROUS RELICS, INCLUDING THAT OF SAINT SATURNIN, THE CURRENT CHURCH WAS CONSECRATED IN 1096 BY POPE URBAN II. ELEVATED TO THE RANK OF BASILICA IN 1878, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CENTRES OF PILGRIMAGE IN THE MEDIEVAL WEST AND REMAINS THE LARGEST SURVIVING ROMANESQUE CHURCH IN EUROPE. HERE, THE CHOIR STALLS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE. HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. BASILIQUE SAINT SERNIN. BUILT FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE 11TH CENTURY TO HOUSE NUMEROUS RELICS, INCLUDING THAT OF SAINT SATURNIN, THE CURRENT CHURCH WAS CONSECRATED IN 1096 BY POPE URBAN II. ELEVATED TO THE RANK OF BASILICA IN 1878, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CENTRES OF PILGRIMAGE IN THE MEDIEVAL WEST AND REMAINS THE LARGEST SURVIVING ROMANESQUE CHURCH IN EUROPE. HERE, THE NAVE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

PEPE LE MOKO

PEPE LE MOKO

PEPE LE MOKO MIREILLE BALIN AND SATURNIN FABRE Date: 1937