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Basilica of Saint Sernin at Toulouse

ViewGeneral view of Basilica from WNW
SiteToulouse
LocationFrance
Date1080-1118, 13th c.
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodRomanesque
Add'l. Info.altar consecrated in 1096 by Pope Urban II
Saskia No.Kfa-0224
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 17, plate 1
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 14, plate 3
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 10, plate 1
 Trachtenberg & Hyman, Architecture, 1st ed., chapter 1, plate 301