Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Limoges, France
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3.1 km
86 m
Explore Limoges in France with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in LimogesSight 1: Maison du peuple
The Maison du Peuple de Limoges is a building built in 1936 in Limoges (France), intended to accommodate trade union activities.
Sight 2: Pavillon du Verdurier
The Pavillon du Verdurier is a monument in the city centre of Limoges, located very close to the Gay-Lussac high school. A former refrigerated pavilion built after the First World War, it was then successively a covered market, a bus station and, even today, an exhibition hall.
Sight 3: Église Saint-Pierre-du-Queyroix
The Church of St. Pierre du Queyroix is one of the main churches of Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France. It is located in the neighborhood Le Château in the greater city centre of Limoges.
Sight 4: Ancienne abbaye Saint-Martial
The Abbey of Saint Martial was a monastery in Limoges, France, founded in 848 and dissolved in 1791.
Sight 5: Lycée Gay-Lussac
The Lycée Gay-Lussac, commonly nicknamed Gay-Lu, is a general and technological high school, located in the city center of Limoges (Haute-Vienne), between the Boulevard Georges-Périn, the Place Wilson, the Rue du Collège and the Place Saint-Pierre.
Sight 6: Monument à la mémoire des Enfants de la Haute-Vienne morts pour la défense de la patrie en 1870-1871
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 department of Haute-Vienne, in the 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 Place Jourdan.
Sight 7: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne
Limoges Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Limoges, France. It is a national monument and the seat of the Bishop of Limoges. The cathedral is in the Gothic, Renaissance and Romanesque architectural styles.
Sight 8: Ancien évêché
The Musée de l'Évêché, officially called since 2008 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.
Sight 9: Khatchkar
The Khachkar of Limoges is both a khachkar and a commemorative stele dedicated to the Armenian genocide located in the Jardin de l'Évêché de Limoges, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Sight 10: Borne milliaire
The milestone of Limoges was probably a Roman route column, found in France, known at least since the eighteenth century and destroyed in 1893 by the city of Limoges.
Sight 11: Ancien four à porcelaine G.D.A.
The Casseaux kiln is a porcelain kiln located in the commune of Limoges, Haute-Vienne. Its volume of 80 cubic metres was enough 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.
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