Route from the city to the station district (2h)

Haute Cité street

2min walk Rue Haute Cite, 87000 Limoges

Former commercial heart of the City of Bishops, this pedestrian street opens in a triangle between beautiful merchants' buildings, with their stalls on the ground floor and deep cellars. Above a stone masonry level rise the half-timbered floors. At n°10, notice a beautiful cross window.

Saint-Etienne cathedral

1min walk Saint Etienne cathedral

From the XNUMXth century, a first early Christian basilica dedicated to Saint Stephen was erected on the supposed site of an ancient temple. In the XI^e century, a Romanesque cathedral replaced it, of which only the crypt and the first three levels of the bell tower remain today. The current cathedral presents a remarkable unity of Gothic style in spite of the six centuries necessary for its
building (XIII^e -XIX^e) due to the almost exclusive use of granite. Inside, discover a remarkable Renaissance limestone rood screen depicting the Labors of Hercules and a Virgin in Majesty in enamel and goldsmithery made by Léa Sham's and Alain Duban.

Beaux-arts museum

1min walk 1 Bishop's Square

Totally renovated, this museum occupies the former Episcopal Palace of the XVIII^e century. It houses an exceptional collection of enamels dating from the Middle Ages to today, paintings (Renoir, Denis, Valadon, Guillaumin, etc.) and Egyptian antiquities. It traces 2 years of the city's history.

The Bishop's Garden

2min walk 1 Bishop's Square

Overlooking the Vienne, six terraces were laid out during the construction of the new episcopal palace in the XNUMXth century.^e century. To be discovered over five hectares: botanical and themed gardens,
French-style flowerbeds and an ecological space.

The underground of the Rule

1min walk 8 Rue de la Rule, 87000 Limoges

It is a set of vaulted cellars and galleries of an old abbey, very representative of the underground architecture of Limoges made up of cellars, low cellars, galleries and aqueducts.
Visits by reservation at the Tourist Office.

The City of Arts and Crafts

2min walk 5 Rue de la Rule, 87000 Limoges

In the former refectory of a seminary, the Compagnons du Tour de France present dozens of masterpieces illustrating centuries of know-how.

The rue du rajat, the old washing machine district

2min walk Rue du Rajat, 87000 Limoges

Formerly under the authority of the Abbey of the Rule, this district has retained its cobbled and winding streets
and its modest half-timbered washerwomen's houses. The name of the street means "ravine" in Occitan and translates well the relief specific to the Cité district.

The Saint-Etienne bridge

2min walk Pont Saint-Etienne, 87000 Limoges

Built in the 1370th century to serve the episcopal city, this bridge has seen thousands of pilgrims stop over at the tomb of Saint Martial before reaching Santiago de Compostela. In XNUMX, the Black Prince crossed it before sacking the City.

The edges of Vienna

10min walk, on foot Quai Louis Goujaud, 87000 Limoges

Before being a peaceful place for walks, the banks of the Vienne were the scene of an industrious and popular life, with washers and wood floating. These old neighborhoods
"Ponticauds", extend between the two medieval bridges Saint-Etienne and Saint-Martial.

Casseaux Oven

10min walk 1 Rue Victor Duruy, 87000 Limoges

The Casseaux private museum houses a spectacular round porcelain kiln listed as a Historic Monument. It retraces the adventure of porcelain production from the fascinating angle of
techniques and working memory.

• open all year round from Monday to Saturday (except Sundays and public holidays)
• from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 14 p.m. to 17:30 p.m.
• Guided tours Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 15 p.m. without reservation

Rue du Pont Saint-Étienne, the house of Marshal Jourdan

4min walk Saint-Etienne bridge street

This street whose pavement consists of "gazettes" houses the birthplace of Marshal Jourdan. The rich collection of figurines allows historical reconstructions of battles.

the portal and the Saint-Jean baptistery

1min walk Saint-Jean church and baptistery, Place Saint-Étienne

Erected in 1515, this flamboyant gothic doorway features real granite lacework. Archaeological excavations on Place Saint-Étienne have led to the discovery of remains of the
Saint-Jean baptistery (V-VI^e century) and a Roman road.

The Resistance Museum

4min walk 7 Rue Neuve Saint-Etienne

Housed in an old
1th century convent, it presents over 400 m² the history of the Resistance, the Occupation and the Deportation in Haute-Vienne during the Second World War. The old chapel designed
by Joseph Brousseau has been converted into a conference room, the Espace Simone Veil.

Jourdan Square

7min walk Jourdan Square

Arranged at the end of the XVIII^e century and located at the entrance to the city today, this square is marked by the monumental architecture at the end of the XNUMXth^e – early XX^e century. Discover the statue of Marshal Jourdan, the monument to the dead of 1870 and that of the First World War.

Benedictine station

2min walk Pl. House of God

Established in an original way above the tracks, this station designed by the architect Roger Gonthier was completed in 1929. Built in reinforced concrete covered with a limestone facing and crowned with a copper dome, its original silhouette dominated by a campanile has become emblematic of Limoges. The windows by Francis Chigot and the sculptures of the main entrance present the symbols of Limousin as well as inside the regions served by the former Compagnie Paris-Orléans. At the end of the XX^e century, the dome of the station influences the architecture of the Technopole Ester.

The field of July

4min walk Champ de Juille, Pl. Maison Dieu

Laid out in 1850, this 2,7-hectare space once hosted major exhibitions. Its design opens up a masterful view of the station and offers the traveler a perspective of the city. The National Day fireworks are fired there every year.

The Command Hotel

walk 1 Place Jourdan

Built in the 1860s between courtyard and garden, the former military command hall features elegant classical architecture, entirely in freestone granite.