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  • Capitole, which is the heart and centre of Toulouse, and which bears a vague and inexpensive resemblance to Piazza Castello at Turin.

    A Little Tour of France Henry James 1879

  • The first bomb went off on 29 March on the Capitole Express between Paris and Toulouse.

    Carlos the Jackal plays to the gallery, but this time his courtroom audience has not turned up 2011

  • Sip a sirop de violette — violet sherbet, a local specialty — under the historic dome of Le Bibent brasserie, as the setting sun glows pink against the surrounding buildings (5, place du Capitole).

    4 Hours In Toulouse 2008

  • XIII., which led to his execution in the Capitole of Toulouse on the

    The South of France—East Half C. B. Black

  • Capitole at Rome, whereunto the Romaines resorted, when they purposed to aske counsayle of the Goddes.

    The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

  • Pierre Flamenc made this proposal at the Capitole because he thought that a saint was a good counsellor in all matters, especially in anything which concerned the coinage, particularly when, like the

    The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884

  • Capitole, Capitol, 'and nobody seemed to know what they wanted, because here, as you know, they call it' Campidolio. '

    Without Dogma Henryk Sienkiewicz 1881

  • But the city, it must be confessed, is less pictorial than the word, in spite of the Place du Capitole, in spite of the quay of the Garonne, in spite of the curious cloister of the old museum.

    A Little Tour of France Henry James 1879

  • The Church of St. Etienne du Capitole was quite near: someone present suggested that this building, if not the most suitable, as at least the most spacious for such a gathering.

    Massacres of the South (1551-1815) Celebrated Crimes Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • The first bombing on March 29, 1982 aboard the "Le Capitole" express train running from Paris to the southern city of Toulouse killed five people and wounded 28.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Henry Samuel 2011

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