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From the lighthouse

From the lighthouse

Haute-Vienne

Haute-Vienne (French: [ot vjɛn]; Occitan: Nauta Vinhana, ; Upper Vienne) is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture and largest city in the department is Limoges, the other towns in the department each having fewer than twenty thousand inhabitants. Haute-Vienne had a population of 372,359 in 2019. Geography Haute-Vienne is part of the …

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From the lighthouse
From the lighthouse
The lac de Vassivière or Vassivière Lake (French: [vasivjɛʁ]; Vacivièra in Occitan), one of France's largest artificial lakes, is a large man-made reservoir of about . It is situated on the Plateau de Millevaches in the départements of Creuse and Haute-Vienne. It is the largest area of water in the Limousin region of France and provides water supplies, hydroelectricity, and leisure facilities. Construction The lake was constructed after World War II and opened at Christmas 1950. It is the produ…
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Le Sax'O in Chalut
Le Sax'O in Chalut
The Château de Montbrun is a castle in the commune of Dournazac in the Haute-Vienne département of France. The castle was built in the 12th and 15th centuries, and was restored in the late 19th century. The castle stands within a deep valley. Built in the 12th century, its function was to defend the borders of the Duchy of Aquitaine. Though rebuilt in the 15th century, it still has the moat, high walls and a square keep topped with machicolations. Montbrun is a fine example of a 15th-century cas…
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Château de Rochechouart
Château de Rochechouart
Rochechouart
Château de Rochechouart is a thirteenth-century French castle, located at the top of the confluence of the Grêne and Vayres rivers in the commune of Rochechouart within the département of Haute-Vienne. Background The Viscounts of Rochechouart reigned for 800 years in the castle. • Aymeric I, who lived around 990, was the ancestor of the dynasty. • Aymeric IV took part in the First Crusade at the side of Godfrey of Bouillon • Aymeric VI (1170-1230) built the current castle, of which the keep and …
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Château de Châlus-Chabrol
Château de Châlus-Chabrol
Châlus
The Château de Châlus-Chabrol (Occitan Limousin : Chasteu de Chasluç-Chabròl) is a castle in the commune of Châlus in the département of Haute-Vienne, France. The castle dominates the town of Châlus. It consists today of an isolated circular keep (12th century) and a residential building constructed between the 11th and 13th centuries, enlarged in the 17th century. The castle protected the southern approach to Limoges and the north–south route between Paris and Spain, as well as the ancient east…
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Château de Châlucet
Château de Châlucet
Arrondissement de Limoges
The Château de Châlucet (sometimes written as Chalusset), a ruined castle, is in the commune of Saint-Jean-Ligoure, about 10 km to the south of Limoges, in the département of Haute-Vienne, and less than 2 km from the Pôle de Lanaud. The ruins dominate the confluence of the rivers Briance and Ligoure. History The castle was built in the 13th century by Bishop Eustorge. In 1306, it was ceded by Henri de Sully to the French king, Philip IV. In 1369, it was attacked by the English. It was a refuge f…
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Des ruines s'élèvent vers le ciel
Des ruines s'élèvent ver…
The Centre de la mémoire d'Oradour (the memorial center of Oradour) has made it its mission to commemorate the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre by the 2nd armoured division of the Waffen-SS "Das Reich" and to act as a memorial for coming generations. Founding On initiative of Jean Claude Peyronnet, president of the Conseil Général of Haute-Vienne and with the agreement of the French association of families of the martyrs, the project was presented to the French president François Mitterrand in 1989. …
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090805-20779-LX3
090805-20779-LX3
The Merlis Serpentinites are an aligned group of small serpentinite outcrops in the northwestern French Massif Central. Their parent rocks were peridotites from the upper mantle. Type locality The serpentinites are named after their type locality, the little hamlet Merlis (also written Merly) near Vayres in the Haute-Vienne department. Geography and geology The biggest outcrop of these serpentinites is situated east of Merlis, where the rock was once mined in two quarries. In map view it forms a…
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Belle de Bellac
Belle de Bellac
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Limoges - Chapelle St Aurélien, drapeaux des ostentions
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Lake from run
Lake from run
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Lavoir in Les Salles Lavauguyon
Lavoir in Les Salles Lav…
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Limoges - Chapelle Saint Aurélien
Limoges - Chapelle Saint…
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090805-20780-LX3
090805-20780-LX3
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090816-30152-LX3
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Historic Quarter
Historic Quarter
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Les Petits-Ventres (2009)
Les Petits-Ventres (2009)
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RECONSTITUTION DE LA PROCESSION DES PENITENTS "FEUILE MORTE"
RECONSTITUTION DE LA PRO…
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090805-20778-LX3
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Les Petits-Ventres (2009)
Les Petits-Ventres (2009)
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Limoges - Rue de la Boucherie
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Château de Châlus-Chabrol
Château de Châlus-Chabrol
Châlus
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Place de la république, sans trucage - 2013-225
Place de la république, …
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