Tourist attractions Limoges

More than 12 000 pieces of porcelain make up this collection; fine faience by Théodore Deck (1823-1891), Chinese porcelain (central room on the first floor), and medieval maiolica (Talavera, Faenza, Moustiers, Delft). The left wing displays 18C F..

Born in 588 at Chaptelat, St Eligius learned the trade of goldsmith in the workshops of Limoges before travelling to Paris to work for the king's treasurer. His talents and probity gained the attention of Clotaire II, who made him his treasurer, but ..

This simple 12C church with a late-15C chancel has two exceptional objects. The first is the imposing reliquary of St Étienne (1189) in hammered and inlaid brass embellished with enamels, precious stones and intaglios. The second is the dalmatic said..

The Rue du Consulat flanked by 18C buildings is linked to the Rue du Temple by a corridor that opens out on to this attractive collection of 16C half-timbered houses with arcaded galleries.

This museum displays a fabulous collection of more than 300 Limousin enamels from the 12 to 18C. You will find out about the different enamelling techniques (cloisonnés, champlevés and painted) and will admire pieces such as the triptych of the Nativ..

Laid out in terraces above the river Vienne, these are gardens flanked by age-old trees they have an attractive view over the cathedral and the Episcopal palace. Near to the Orangery you can admire the botanical garden.

The discrete butchers are also pious. In 1795 their corporation secretly bought this chapel built in 1475 as indicated by a 14 C Cross. They still maintain it today. Inside are votive offering boxes and wooden statues.

In spite of being built over six centuries St Etienne's Cathedral has a relatively homogeneous style. St Jean's doorway was built of very fine granite between 1516 and 1530 in the great age of the flamboyant style. Inside the Rood screen and the thre..

Half-timbered houses flank this individual and narrow street. Some contain some of the 80 butchers' stalls that would have been found there in the Middle Ages (at no. 36 is the traditional butcher's house). The corporation has now left but the street..

Two buildings, one Romanesque and the other 13C Gothic, came before the current building whose construction was undertaken in 1364 and was carried on in the 15C and 16c. The rectangular plan is as a result of its hall-church character. Two granite Li..

Completed in 1926, it features a blue-green dome on a platform above the tracks. A clock tower and an esplanade (Champ-de-Juillet) make this a site worth visiting.

These rugged hills are at their best in the autumn, reflected in the region’s lakes. The first stop on a 60km round-trip from Ambazac, Lake St-Pardoux (330ha) will appeal to nature lovers. At Sauvagnac, the Pierre Branlante (1hr there and back fr..

In the square in front of the town hall even the statue is porcelain.

Fresh-water fish, piranhas, a pool with sea fish and fish from tropical waters: all this is featured inside an old sealed water tank.

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This pavilion was built after 1918 to store meat which was then in short supply. It is decorated with sandstone mosaics and floral friezes on ceramic squares. Today it is an exhibition centre.

This is the centre of the town around the St Martial abbey and the Viscounts' chateau. There are lively streets surrounded by boulevards which follow the site of the old ramparts.

The ogive flamboyant style façade dates from 1534. There is a harmonious clocktower (it served as a model for those at Saint-Michel and de Saint-Étienne) and an interior which is striking because of its size. There is an attractive 1510 stained glass..

The names Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane are enough to remind us of the heavy price paid by the region during the Nazi occupation. Documents and other evidence cover the period when the Maquis led by Georges Guinguoin won fame in the fight against the e..

A block and its accessories, a cabinet with a mirror (19 c), a fireplace used for heating offal, a backroom used as a slaughterhouse and a sty. The butcher, his family and his employees all lived on the first floor, while the loft was used to dry out..