Périgueux
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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.
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History
The name Périgueux comes from the Petrocorii (meaning "four tribes"), the Gallic people that hold the area before the Roman conquest. Périgueux was their capital city.
Sights
There are 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 perisink).
Cathédrale Saint-Front
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External links
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