A city steeped in history, but also the region's leading economic hub, Limoges, birthplace of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, is best known for its porcelain and enamels. From the Gare des Bénédictins station, a must-see for its architecture, the Avenue du Général-De-Gaulle, extended by Boulevard Louis-Blanc, cuts through the city from north to south, dividing the districts into two groups. To the west, the Château and Boucherie districts, built around the Saint-Martial crypt, form the city center. These include the Halles (Place de la Motte), the Opéra-Théâtre and the prefecture. The architecture is a blend of buildings from the 1920s to 1960s, 18th- and 19th-century townhouses, Art Deco structures and medieval half-timbered houses (rue de la Boucherie). Visit the Benedictine railway station (place Maison-Dieu), the Boucherie district, the Musée national de la porcelaine (Adrien Dubouché), Saint-Etienne cathedral, the former episcopal palace and gardens (Musée municipal des Beaux-Arts) and the Musée de la Résistance. Take a stroll along the banks of the Vienne, in the Ponts district and, to the south-east, the Cité district, Limoges' historic center. Through the narrow streets of medieval houses, you'll discover the cathedral, the episcopal palace, the old quarters and the superb Jardin de l'Evêché. It's a tourist hub where you can stroll from terraces to historic relics, from antique shops to gardens.

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Between the Périgord Limousin Regional Nature Park and the Millevaches Regional Nature Park in Limousin, Limoges, a city with a humid and green environment, does not have a very high tourist season or suffer from a very cold winter or a hot summer. When to go to Limoges? You can stay here almost all year round. The sunniest and driest season is, of course, the summer. The city offers you several events: the Spring Cavalcade, a 2 km long tour for 3 hours of entertainment with a parade of large floats around a different theme each year, musical and entertainment groups. In summer, the city is particularly lively and in September it is Toques et Porcelaine, a festive and sumptuous combination of Limoges porcelain and Limousin cuisine. At Christmas, finally, the city shines.

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At 150 km from the Atlantic Ocean, Limoges has a temperate oceanic climate with a slight mountainous tendency, due to its proximity to the Massif Central. Snow is limited to one or two days of heavy precipitation per year, usually at the end of January. Summer gives way to a mild autumn, a true Indian summer. Limoges records about 65 days of rain per year and about 50 days of frost.

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