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Périgueux (Template:Audio) is a commune of France, préfecture (capital) of the Dordogne département and capital of the Périgord area. It is a Roman Catholic diocese.
Sights
There are Gallic ruins of a city wall, an amphitheater and a temple of a Gallic goddess. Its cathedral St Front was built after 1120 AD and restored in the 19th century.
A luxurious Roman villa, called the "Domus of Vesunna", built around a garden courtyard surrounded by a colonnaded peristyle enriched with bold tectonic frescoing, has been handsomely protected in a modern glass-and-steel structure, designed by Jean Nouvel. It is considered as a fine example of archaeological museum-making (see link).
Cathédrale Saint-Front
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External link
- Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum by Jean Nouvel (http://www.arcspace.com/architects/nouvel/Gallo-Roman/)
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