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Limoges (Limotges in Occitan) is a city in France, the préfecture of the Haute-Vienne département, and the administrative capital of the Limousin région. Population city : 137,502 (limougeauds), urban area: 247,944.

Limoges is known worldwide for its medieval enamels ('Limoges enamels') on copper and for its 19th century porcelain ('Limoges porcelain').

Limoges geography

Limoges is located on the banks of the Vienne River.

Limoges history

Limoges was founded as Augustoritum by Caesar Augustus around 10 BC and occupied an important crossroads. Numerous Roman monuments were built: a bridge made of stone over the initial ford, a forum on the shelf of the hillside, several thermae, a vast amphitheatre, meant to outshine those at Arles or Nîmes, a theatre on the banks of the Vienne River, underground aqueducts, an orthogonal lined street, and luxurious dwellings.

Starting in the 4th century, the city was progressively deserted by its own inhabitants and underwent an irreversible looting.

Saint Martial, the first bishop of Limoges, proselytized the area and was memorialized in the abbey, which became rich through its pilgrimage traffic. The abbey gained its independence from the bishop of Limoges in the 9th century, and became famous for its library, the second largest in France after Cluny and scriptorium, and as one of the birthplaces of polyphonic music.

The dual structure of medieval Limoges was often at cross purposes. The city, headed by the Bishop, centered round the cathedral and the Bishop's residence. The walled and moated chateau of the Viscounts of Limoges stood near the walled abbey.

The city of Limoges was famous in the Middle Ages for its enamels on copper, which were exported throughout Christendom.

The CGT trade union was founded in Limoges on September 23, 1895.

Limoges was a center of the maquis resistance to the Vichy puppet government of the Nazis.

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