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EXPERIENCE The Massif Central A wealth of local porcelain

displayed at Limoges’ Musée

EXPERIENCE MORE National Adrien-Dubouché

4 In the 1940s, Aubusson was a quiet place of traditional
revived, largely due to the artist half-timbered houses and
Aubusson Jean Lurçat, who persuaded narrow streets.
other modern artists to It was not until the 1770s
! D5 ⌂ Creuse @ n Rue
Vieille; www.tourisme- design for tapestry. The Cité that Limoges became synon-
aubusson.com Internationale de la Tapisserie ymous with porcelain. The
houses a museum of these legendary local ware is on
Aubusson owes its renown to modern works. Work shops display at the Musée National
the exceptionally pure waters welcome visitors at the Adrien-Dubouché. More
of the Creuse, perfect for Manufacture St-Jean; watch than 10,000 exhibits trace
making the delicately coloured tapestries and carpets being the history of ceramics. The
dyes used for tapestries and made by hand and restored. Musée des Beaux-Arts de
rugs. Tapestry production was Limoges houses an Egyptian
at its height in the 16th and Cité Internationale collection, archae ol ogical
17th centuries, but by the end de la Tapisserie artifacts tracing the history
of the 18th century the rise of " ⌂ Rue Williams-Dumazet of Limoges, over 600 Limousin
patterned wallpaper, and the # 10am–6pm Wed–Mon enamels and Impressionist
Revolution, caused its decline. ¢ Jan ∑ cite-tapisserie.fr paintings. This area was a
centre of Resistance opera-
Manufacture St-Jean tions in World War II; the
"' ⌂ 3 rue St-Jean Musée de la Résistance
# 10am–5pm daily et de la Déportation has a
∑ manufacture-saint-jean.fr collection of exhibits relating
to these campaigns.
Resistance activity led to
5 severe reprisals in Limousin.
On 10 June 1944, SS troups
Limoges shot the entire population
of the village of Oradour-
! D5 ⌂ Haute-Vienne
k £ @ n 12 bd de Fleurus; sur-Glane, 25 km (16 miles)
www.limoges-tourisme. northwest of Limoges. The
ruins have been kept as a
com
shrine, and a new village
The capital of the Limousin was built nearby.
has two hearts: the old Cité Close by, St-Junien, a glove-
Tapestry restoration and the rival château, now making town since the Middle
at the Manufacture the com mercial centre of Ages, still supplies designers
St-Jean-in Aubusson the modern city. The Cité is with luxury leather items.
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