14 Sights in Limoges, France (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Limoges, France! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Limoges. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in Limoges

1. Musée national Adrien Dubouché

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The Adrien-Dubouché National Museum is a French national museum dealing with Limoges porcelain and the history of ceramics. Founded in 1845 and located in Limoges (Haute-Vienne), it is part of the public establishment Cité de la céramique - Sèvres et Limoges.

Wikipedia: Musée national de la porcelaine Adrien-Dubouché (FR), Website

2. Cathédrale Saint-Étienne

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Limoges Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Limoges, France. it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in 2016. It is a national monument and the seat of the Bishop of Limoges.

Wikipedia: Limoges Cathedral (EN)

3. Limoges-Bénédictins

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Limoges-Bénédictins is the main railway station of Limoges. It is situated on the Orléans–Montauban railway. It was named Bénédictins due to the presence of a Benedictine monastery closed during the French Revolution.

Wikipedia: Limoges-Bénédictins station (EN), Website

4. Borne milliaire

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Borne milliaire

The Gallo-Roman honorary milestone of Limoges was probably a Roman route column, known at least since the eighteenth century and unfortunately destroyed in 1893 by the Public Works Department of the city of Limoges.

Wikipedia: Borne milliaire de Limoges (FR)

5. Pavillon du Verdurier

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The Pavillon du Verdurier is a monument in the city centre of Limoges, located very close to the Lycée Gay-Lussac. A former refrigerated pavilion built after the First World War, it was then successively a covered market, a bus station and, nowadays, an exhibition hall.

Wikipedia: Pavillon du Verdurier (FR)

6. Ancien four à porcelaine G.D.A.

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The Casseaux kiln is a porcelain kiln located in the commune of Limoges, in the Haute-Vienne. Its volume of 80 cubic meters made it possible to fire 15,000 pieces of porcelain simultaneously. It is the only one, among the five remains of round kilns still present in Limoges, to be classified as a historical monument, under the name of the former G.D.A. porcelain kiln, and accessible to the public.

Wikipedia: Four des Casseaux (FR)

7. Ancien atelier de sculpture-marbrerie Boirlaud

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The former Boirlaud sculpture-marble workshop is a former marble building, located in Limoges, in the Haute-Vienne department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is located at 11, rue de la Fonderie, in the Carnot-Marceau district, near the Limoges-Montjovis train station and the Théâtre de l'Union.

Wikipedia: Atelier de sculpture-marbrerie Boirlaud (FR)

8. Monument à la mémoire des Enfants de la Haute-Vienne morts pour la défense de la patrie en 1870-1871

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The Monument to the Memory of the Children of Haute-Vienne who died in defence of the Fatherland in 1870-1871 is a memorial in memory of the French soldiers of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, located in Limoges, in the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is one of the few examples of monuments of this magnitude dedicated to this conflict. The monument is set back slightly from the Place Jourdan.

Wikipedia: Monument à la mémoire des Enfants de la Haute-Vienne morts pour la défense de la Patrie en 1870-1871 (FR)

9. Moulin du Poudrier

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The Domaine du Poudrier is a property located in the commune of Limoges (Haute-Vienne), on the banks of the Vienne, mainly composed of an old flour mill built in 1532, repurposed as a powder magazine in the seventeenth century, a use from which it takes its name, and its outbuildings. A former spinning mill occupied the site; The industrial buildings have now disappeared. The mill has become a private residence but open to the public. The estate also includes a French-Italian inspired garden.

Wikipedia: Moulin du Poudrier (FR), Website

10. Château de Beauvais

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The Château de Beauvais is a castle located in Limoges (Haute-Vienne), near the district of Landouge. Classified as a historical monument since 1990, it is one of the many achievements of Joseph Brousseau carried out on the municipal territory of Limoges at the end of the eighteenth century.

Wikipedia: Château de Beauvais (Limoges) (FR)

11. DRAC Limousin

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The Hôtel de Maledent de Savignac de Feytiat is a private mansion located in Limoges, France. It houses one of the three sites of the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Wikipedia: Hôtel Maledent de Savignac de Feytiat (FR)

12. Ancien évêché

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Ancien évêché Original téléversé par Lucas Destrem sur Wikipédia français. / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Musée de l'Évêché, officially called since 2008 the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Limoges, Palais de l'Évêché (BAL) is a museum in France. Municipal museum of the city of Limoges (Haute-Vienne), it occupies the former episcopal palace of the eighteenth century, in the old historic district of the Cité in the middle of remarkable French gardens.

Wikipedia: Palais épiscopal de Limoges (FR)

13. Lycée Gay-Lussac

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The Lycée Gay-Lussac, commonly known as Gay-Lu, is a general and technological high school, located in the city center of Limoges (Haute-Vienne), between Boulevard Georges-Périn, Place Wilson, Rue du Collège and Place Saint-Pierre.

Wikipedia: Lycée Gay-Lussac (Limoges) (FR)

14. Substructions gallo-romaines et vestiges de thermes

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The Gallo-Roman villa of Brachaud, sometimes referred to as the Gallo-Roman remains of Uzurat or the Gallo-Roman substructures and remains of the baths of Uzurat, according to the official name of the Ministry of Culture, is a former Gallo-Roman villa located in the French commune of Limoges (Haute-Vienne).

Wikipedia: Vestiges gallo-romains d'Uzurat (FR)

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