Experts' Choice Award Couvent des Jacobins
What the experts agree on
Toulouse's striking red-brick Gothic masterpiece features an iconic octagonal tower and otherworldly palm-tree stone columns. Housing St. Thomas Aquinas's relics since 1368, this 800-year-old convent blends seamlessly into the cityscape and ranks
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Unlike most church naves, this one is quite sparse inside, and the eye is drawn to the enormous palm-shaped columns (Le Palmier des Jacobins) in the center that fan out across the ceiling." Full review
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Don't miss Chapelle St-Antonin, with its 14th-century ceiling frescoes showing apocalyptic scenes.
New York Times
