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The building in Toulouse, on the alleys of President Roosevelt, is a neoclassical building built between 1824 and 1834. It is part of an urban beautification program to structure Wilson Square and its surroundings. Its façade, rhythmized by four spans, alternates large arcades and rectangular openings on the ground floor and on the ground floor, while the upper floors have rectangular windows decorated with cornices and false railings with balusters. A dattic band, pierced by two windows, crowned together.

The building was designed by the municipal architect Jacques-Pascal Virebent, a major figure in the nineteenth century Toulouse urban planning. It is part of a set of 27 homogeneous buildings, illustrating the city's ambition to modernize under the Restoration and Monarchy of July. The facades and roofs, protected since 1974, bear witness to this coherent architectural heritage, marked by the neoclassical style and a desire for urban harmonization.

The building opens directly on the street and participates in the monumental composition of Wilson Square, former Imperial Square. Its integration into this urban project reflects the social and economic transformations of Toulouse in the 19th century, where the beautification of public spaces addressed issues of prestige and functionality. Today, there remains a representative example of the civil architecture of this period, combining classical rigour and adaptation to modern needs.

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