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Bernardaud Porcelain Factory
The Bernardaud porcelain factory, can be visited daily June to September; tours (adult/under 12yr around €4 /free) are from to and to . The rest of the year tours take place Monday to Friday (and sometimes on Saturday), but you have to phone ahead.
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Cathédrale St-Étienne
The dark granite Cathédrale St-Étienne - one of the few Gothic churches south of the Loire - was begun in 1273 and completed in 1888. Facing place St-Étienne, the Flamboyant Gothic Portail St-Jean dates from the early 1500s. Inside, the richly decorated Renaissance rood screen is at the far end of the nave. The cathedral is also notable for its remarkably slender pillars.
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Cité des Métiers et des Arts
There's another small museum close to the Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation, the Cité des Métiers et des Arts, which contains work by some of the top members of France's crafts guilds.
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Crypt of St-Martial
All that remains of the great pilgrimage abbey of St-Martial, founded in AD 848, is an outline on place de la République. The Crypt of St-Martial, from the 9th-century, contains the tomb of Limoges' first bishop, who converted the population to Christianity.
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Église St-Michel des Lions
Église St-Michel des Lions, named for the two granite lions on either side of the tower door, has a huge copper ball perched atop its 65m-high spire. Built between the 14th and 16th centuries, it contains St-Martial's relics (including his head) and a number of beautiful 15th-century stained-glass windows.
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Église St-Pierre du Queyroix
Église St-Pierre du Queyroix, half a block southeast of place de la République, has an impressive 13th-century tower. Across place St-Pierre is the Pavillon du Verdurier, an octagonal, porcelain-faced structure that dates from 1900.
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Galerie du Canal
In Limoges émail (eh- my ) has nothing to do with the internet, it means 'enamel', which has been produced here since the 12th century. The Musée Municipal de l'Évêché has a fine collection of émaux (plural of émail ). Contemporary works can be admired at Galerie du Canal, a cooperative gallery run by six master enamellists.
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Jardin de l'Évêché
The Cathédrale St-Étienne is surrounded by the Limoges' botanical garden, where you'll find both medicinal and toxic herbs, and plenty of colourful blooms in summer.
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Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation
In the courtyard in front of the Musée Municipal de l'Évêché, an excavation project has revealed the archaeological remains of buildings that once occupied the site, including some Gallo-Roman ruins. Eventually it's hoped that the remains will be open to the public, but while the work's going on, the Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation has been moved to the Chapelle de la Règle, behind the botanical gardens.
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Musée Municipal de l'Évêché
Housed in the former bishop's palace near the Cathédrale St-Étienne, the Musée Municipal de l'Évêché contains some fine collections of porcelain and enamelware, including some examples that date back to the 12th century. There are also a few lesser-known works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, born in Limoges in 1841.
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Musée National Adrien Dubouché
One of the main draws to the porcelain capital of France is obviously the chance to check out its famous enamelware. The Musée National Adrien Dubouché has one of France's two outstanding ceramics collections (the other is in Sèvres, southwest of Paris). An English-language brochure is available at the entrance.
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Rue de la Boucherie
Just off place St-Aurélien, the pedestrianised rue de la Boucherie - so named because of the butcher's shops that lined the street in the Middle Ages - contains many of the city's most attractive medieval half-timbered houses.
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Rue Haute Cité
Rue Haute Cité is lined with 16th- and 17th-century houses that have granite lower floors and half-timbered upper storeys.
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