She taught pianist Maria João Pires and composer Emanuel Nunes, amongst others. Francine Benoît (1894–1990), composer, music critic and teacher, who gained Portuguese citizenship in 1929.

Georges Bégué (1911–1993), engineer and agent in the Special Operations Executive.

Pierre Daumesnil (1776–1832), general of the First Empire.

The resulting maritime air warms winters up, while at the same time it is far enough inland to cause warm summers on average.Ĭlimate data for Périgueux (1981–2010 normals extremes 1973–2017) Périgueux has a mild climate for its latitude and inland position due to the significant Gulf Stream influence on the Bay of Biscay to its west. Périgueux has an oceanic climate ( Köppen Cfb) with warm to hot summers combined with cool to mild winters. The trains are operated by train company SNCF. Périgueux railway station offers connections to Limoges, Bordeaux, Brive-la-Gaillarde, and other regional destinations. The cathedral is part of the World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France. The local architect, Paul Abadie (1812–1884), was responsible for radical changes to St Front's which are no longer appreciated by architects or local residents who prefer the purer Romanesque church of Saint-Étienne de la Cité, the former Cathedral of Périgueux. The dates 984–1047, often given for the erection of St Front's, he considers too early he thinks that the present church of St Front was built about 1120–1173, in imitation of a foreign monument by a native local school of architecture which erected the other domed buildings in the south-west of France. Brutails is of the opinion that even if the style of St Front's reveals an imitation of Oriental art, the construction differs altogether from Byzantine methods. Félix de Verneihl claims that St Front's was a copy of St Mark's Basilica in Venice Quicherat, that it was copied from the church of the Holy Apostles of Constantinople. The history of the church of St Front of Périgueux has given rise to numerous discussions between archaeologists. The cathedral of St Front was built after 1120 and restored in the 19th century. Main article: Périgueux Cathedral Cathedral of St Front The bell tower of St Front's cathedral St Front's cathedral, inside In 2018, 30,060 people lived in the town, while its metropolitan area had a population of 113,384. Simone Mareuil (a lead actress from the surrealist film Un Chien Andalou) committed self-immolation on 24 October 1954 by dousing herself in gasoline and burning herself to death in a public square in Périgueux. It was organised into a municipality around 1182.ĭuring the year 1940, many Jews from Alsace and Alsatians were evacuated to Périgueux. In the 10th century, Le Puy-Saint-Front was constructed around an abbey next to the old Gallo-Roman city. At the end of the third century AD, the Roman city was surrounded by ramparts, and the town took the name of Civitas Petrocoriorum.

This Roman city was eventually embellished with amenities such as temples, baths, amphitheatres, and a forum. After the Roman invasion, they left this post and established themselves on the plain of L'Isle, and the town of Vesunna was created. In 200 BC, the Petrocorii came from the north and settled at Périgueux and established an encampment at La Boissière. The name Périgueux comes from Petrocorii, a Latinization of Celtic words meaning 'the four tribes' – the Gallic people that held the area before the Roman conquest.

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