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Events : Tuesday, April 1 st at 7pm The Mayor of Toulouse is pleased to invite you to the welcome reception will take place in its impressive Salle des Illustres, in the City Hall of the Capitole. Wednesday, April 2 at 7 pm
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Events :Tuesday, April 1st at 7pm The Mayor of Toulouse is pleased to invite you to the welcome reception will take place in its impressive Salle des Illustres, in the City Hall of the Capitole. Wednesday, April 2 at 7 pm The banquet dinner will be held in the historical Hôtel d’Assezat, in the city center of Toulouse. The Hôtel d’Assezat was built in the second half of the XVIth century for Pierre Assézat, a prosperous merchant in the pastel trade that flourished at the time. Pierre Assézat came to Toulouse from the town of Espalion in the early XVIth century to join older brothers already involved in the business, and became the heir and successor to the business in 1545 He was married to the daughter of Toulouse's "Capitoul" or town magistrate, who was also officer general to the dowager Queen Eleanor of Austria. Pierre Assézat himself became Capitoul of the town in 1552