Jardin de l'Évêché de Limoges

Le jardin municipal de l'Évêché, plus proprement dénommé au pluriel jardins de l'Évêché (en raison de ses différents étages et aspects), est un jardin public municipal de la ville de Limoges (Haute-Vienne), situé dans le quartier historique de La Cité, en surplomb de la Vienne et de la coulée verte des bords de Vienne. D'une superficie totale d'environ cinq hectares, les jardins de l'Évêché sont le plus grand espace vert du centre-ville de Limoges, accolés à la cathédrale Saint-Étienne et surtout à l'ancien évêché de la ville, désormais musée municipal des Beaux-Arts. Ils sont divisés en un jardin à la française, jardin public typique composé de bassins et de haies d'arbres, et un vaste jardin botanique, lui-même divisés en trois espaces : jardin systématique, jardin à thèmes et jardin des milieux naturels régionaux. Propriété de la ville de Limoges depuis 1910, il est géré et entretenu par le service municipal des espaces verts.

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Jardin botanique de l'Evêché

The Jardin botanique de l'Evêché (Botanical Garden of the Bishopric, 2 hectares), also known as the Jardin botanique de Limoges, is a botanical garden located behind the Cathedral and Musée de l'Evêché in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France. It is open daily without charge. The garden was first established in the 18th century, with today's botanical garden created 1956–1961 and renovated in 1976. It occupies several terraces overlooking the Vienne River with gardens organized into French parterres. Today the systematic garden contains more than 1,200 plants, organized into groupings including medicinal plants; industrial and dye plants; food and condiments; fodder; and aromatic plants.

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Limoges Cathedral

Limoges Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Limoges) is a Roman Catholic church located in Limoges, France. it became part of the new administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in 2016. It is a national monument and the seat of the Bishop of Limoges. Construction of the Gothic cathedral began in 1273, but was not completed until 1888. The cathedral combines elements of Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture and Renaissance architecture. It is noted for the Flamboyant facade of the transept, vestiges of Romanesque architecture, particularly in the bell tower, and the Renaissance rood screen with reliefs of the labors of Hercules, built in 1534.

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Diocese of Limoges

The Diocese of Limoges (Latin: Dioecesis Lemovicensis; French: Diocèse de Limoges) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the départments of Haute-Vienne and Creuse. After the Concordat of 1801, the See of Limoges lost twenty-four parishes from the district of Nontron which were annexed to the Diocese of Périgueux, and forty-four from the district of Confolens, transferred to the Diocese of Angoulême; but until 1822 it included the entire ancient Diocese of Tulle, when the latter was reorganized. Since 2002, the diocese has been suffragan to the Archdiocese of Poitiers, after transferral from the Archdiocese of Bourges. In 2021, in the Diocese of Limoges there was one priest for every 6,766 Catholics.

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Church of St. Pierre du Queyroix

The Church of St. Pierre du Queyroix (French: église Saint-Pierre-du-Queyroix; Limousin Occitan: egleisa de Sant Peire dau Cairoi) is one of the main churches of Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France. It is located in the neighborhood Le Château in the greater city centre of Limoges.

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Haute-Vienne

Haute-Vienne (French: [ot vjɛn]; Occitan: Nauta Vinhana or Nauta Viena), also translated as Upper Vienne, is a department 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.

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