Clémence Isaure is a quasi-legendary French medieval figure credited with founding or restoring the Acadèmia dels Jòcs Florals or Academy of the Floral Games. She is supposed to have left a legacy to fund awards in the form of gold and silver flowers that the city of

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

would award annually to the best poets. As the mythic founder of the games she is celebrated principally in Toulouse, where poems, sculptures, and paintings have been dedicated to her and a variety of places and institutions bear her name. In order to provide her with a realistic outline, she has been identified as a member of the Yzalguier family of Toulouse. In 1806 the rue des Yzalguier there was renamed the ''rue Clémence-Isaure''. A tower at 7 de la rue Cujas was named the ''Tour Clémence Isaure''. (It was demolished in 1817.) For example,

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wrote in 1888:Charles Cros, ''La Vision du grand canal des deux mers'', 1888

Iconography

* Clémence Isaure fountain * ''Clémence Isaure appearing to the

troubador A troubadour (, ; oc, trobador ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a ''trobairit ...

s'', hall of the notables, Capitole de Toulouse Clemence_Isaure.jpg,

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, ''Clémence Isaure''. One of the Queens of France and Illustrious Women that stand in the

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Félicie de Fauveau Félicie de Fauveau (1801, in Livorno – 1886, in Florence) was a nineteenth-century French sculptor who was a precursor of the pre-Raphaelite style. Her multiple sculptural works showcase a variety of techniques and mediums including marble, ...

, ''Clémence Isaure'',

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. Griffoul-Dorval Clémence Isaure Musée des Augustins RA905.jpg, Bernard Griffoul-Dorval, ''Clémence Isaure'', Musée des Augustins Julie Charpentier Clémence Isaure Musée des Augustins 2004 1 90.jpg,

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Alexandre Falguière Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière (also given as Jean-Joseph-Alexandre Falguière, or in short Alexandre Falguière) (7 September 183120 April 1900) was a French sculptor and painter. Biography Falguière was born in Toulouse. A pupil of the � ...

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