The Originals City Limoges Sud-Feytiat

This five-hectare “garden” at the heart of the Cité district is home to six terraces overlooking Vienne. Explore a French garden, a botanical garden with medicinal and aromatic plants and an ecological area presenting Limousin's natural environments. An open-air walk offers unobstructed views over Saint-Etienne cathedral (built over six centuries!). 

This unique and narrow road is lined with half-timbered houses and was once home to the butchers’ guild with up to 50 shops! A rich and powerful world apart, it even built a private chapel dedicated to its patron saint: Saint-Aurélien. The guild has since left the road but the old signs remain. Every October, the district gets its appetite back during the Frairie des Petits Ventres® food festival. 

World-renowned for the quality of its porcelain, Limoges also stands out with its excellence in the other “fire arts” (stained glass, ceramic, enamel). See for yourself by following the porcelain trail across a city route dotted with works, and visit the Four des Casseaux, one of the last intact ovens, the Royal Limoges factory and the Bernardaud and Havilland production plants. 

A symbol of prosperity and development in Limoges, Bénédictins Station is considered one of France’s most beautiful stations. Built in the 1920s, its verdigris dome and 67 metre-tall clock tower rise over the tracks. On the concourse, the stucco decorations and glass walls and roof are reminiscent of Art Nouveau. The plant motifs evoke Limousin. On the main façade, two allegorical sculptures depict an enamel and porcelain figure.

Tucked beneath the hills of Limoges lies a secret world that has yet to be fully explored. The tunnels under the city are estimated to cover 40 to 80 km, comprising antique aqueducts, sewers and networks of caves, sometimes over multiple levels. Most were used to store goods, such as food, wine and grains. During the Second World War, the Nazis used these tunnels to conceal their activities while the people took refuge there during bombing raids.