The Saint-Michel prison in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) will now accommodate magistrates and clerks from the Ministry of Justice. The prefecture has just announced the future of this 19th century building, near the courthouse, whose future has been uncertain for several years.
For a time, the town hall had considered an auditorium for the Capitol orchestra in the central star-shaped rotunda but the project was abandoned. Aborted, too, was the plan to develop gardens, cultural spaces, housing and a new college supported by the departmental council.