LimogesSights

Other sights in Limoges

  1. Musée des Beaux Arts

    The massively refurbished Musée des Beaux Arts, housed in Limoges’ 18th-century bishops' palace, is due to have reopened by the time you read this. Its huge decorative-arts collection includes lesser-known paintings by Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), who was born in Limoges and worked in a porcelain factory as a boy, painting designs on fine china.

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    Maison de la Boucherie

    The Maison de la Boucherie houses a small history museum, and nearby is the tiny Chapelle Saint-Aurélien, dedicated to the patron saint of butchers.

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    Aquarium du Limousin

    At the Aquarium du Limousin, 2500 fish swim in the subterranean surroundings of Limoges’ old water reservoirs.

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