Limoges

School or library

commune in Haute-Vienne, France

Location: 45.8344, 1.2617

What this place is

  • School or library — The abbey of Saint-Martial kept a scriptorium whose musical books are the largest surviving witness to early polyphony in the West.

Who is recorded here

In art

About the place

Limoges is a city and commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region.

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