Pont de La Daurade, Stone bridge near La Daurade monastery, Toulouse, France

Pont de La Daurade is a former bridge that once crossed the Garonne in Toulouse; only its first arch remains, beside the Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Jacques. The medieval structure had nine regularly spaced piers and was built of brick and stone masonry. A low stone wall with rough reddish-brown stones and a row of rectangular coping stones now runs along the quay, with three dark curved lamp posts above a broad deck of grey rectangular pavers.

The bridge was built in the second half of the 12th century as one of the first stone structures across the Garonne in Toulouse. Over time it underwent changes and reinforcements, particularly due to the river's flooding issues.

The bridge took its name from the Benedictine monastery of La Daurade on the right bank, where it ended facing the church of the same name. The capitouls banned houses on the bridge but allowed eight small wooden shops, called badorcas in Occitan, at the two entrances and on four pier spurs, charging fees on them. In 1511 the sculptor Jean Du Boys built an oratory on the fifth pier, with a Christ on one side and a Virgin on the other.

Only the first arch survives, beside the Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Jacques on the left bank; the rest of the crossing is gone, so there is no bridge to walk across. Look for the arch from the quays along the Garonne. In 1734 the hospital director was allowed to demolish its tower and turn the platform into a walk for patients.

In 1507 the sixth pier was swept away and could not be rebuilt because of the current, so a 43-metre wooden deck was thrown between the fifth and seventh piers. In 1511 the sculptor Jean Du Boys built an oratory on the fifth pier, showing a Christ on one side and a Virgin on the other, and it became known as the Pilier de la Chapelle.