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Quelle ville est surnommée « la Ville rose » à cause de la couleur de ses briques ?

Translation: Which city is nicknamed "la Ville rose" (the Pink City) because of the colour of its bricks?

  • A Nantes
  • ✓ Toulouse
  • C Lille
  • ✕ Strasbourg Your answer

Not quite.

Toulouse doit ce surnom aux briques en terre cuite de ses bâtiments, qui prennent une teinte rosée au soleil.

Toulouse got this nickname from the terracotta bricks of its buildings, which look pink in the sunlight.

Source: Encyclopédie : Toulouse ; site officiel de l'office de tourisme

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