Building Name: | Saint-Nicolas Church (Toulouse) |
Location: | 25 Grande Rue Saint-Nicolas, 31000 Toulouse, France |
Geo: | 43.5993°N 1.4343°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
Region: | Midi-Pyrénées |
State: | Haute-Garonne |
Province: | Archdiocese of Toulouse |
Architecture Type: | Church |
Architecture Style: | Gothic architecture |
Groundbreaking: | XIVe (Bell Tower) |
Saint-Nicolas Church is located in Saint Cyprien neighbourhood on the west side of the Garonne River, just outside the old city walls of Toulouse.
Saint Nicolas is the patron saint of sailors and those who are afraid of sinking. He might have been frequently solicited in a neighbourhood that has known yearly flash flood, for instance, the 1875 significant one.
Its Tolosan style octagonal bell tower was rebuilt around 1300, copying those of Saint Sernin and Church of the Jacobins.