This museum was designed by architect Jean Nouvel on the site of an elaborate Gallo-Roman house (4,000m 2 ). A model presents the layout of the city of Vesunna in the 2C with the house located near the church and double forum. The original house (1C)..

This museum boasts a major prehistoric collection, such as engraved objects from the Magdalenian period found in the Dordogne and an ethnographic section with objects from everyday life and sculptures from Africa, Oceania and America. Exhibits includ..

This vast Byzantine-style basilica resembles St Mark's in Venice, with its Greek cross shape (rare in France) and cupola. It was completed in around 1173. The lovely Romanesque belltower is the only part of the original church that remains. The resto..

The old crafts- and tradespeople’s district is a protected area and has undergone substantial restoration work. Its Renaissance façades, courtyards, staircases, historic houses and workshops have all been renovated and shops have reopened along the p..

A series of courtyards and little squares connected by passages with beautiful 15C to 17C façades.

This shopping street used to lead to Porte Limogeanne gateway and is lined with beautiful Renaissance town houses such as Hôtel de Méredieu (no12), Maison Estignard (no5) and Maison Lapeyre (no1). In the centre of the transom over the door of no7, yo..

This is the site of the old Roman city of Vesunna, which later became a modest Cité while the Episcopal town of Puy-Saint-Front flourished with pride. The district had to accept uniting with its powerful rival to form Périgueux. It retains numerous G..

This church, which was built in the 12C but destroyed in 1577 by the Protestants, is famous for the two cupolas remaining from the original church. The first is very archaic and built directly on two thick ceiling joists and two big lateral arches...

The “place du marché au gras” (where markets selling fattened duck products are held) features a modern fountain with a bronze sculpture, La Source , by Ramon. To the right, on the corner, is the Maison Tenant, also known as the Maison du Pâtissier,..

The Hôtel des Monnaies (no24) beyond the crossroads with rue Barbacane has a crocketed gable.

Pigs were penned in this square until it became the administrative centre of Puy-Saint-Front. The former consulate (seat of the tribunal) was replaced by the covered market in 1830.

This house has a lovely square Renaissance staircase with a ceiling of caissons decorated with scenes from mythology, including Vénus déposant les armes , symbol of the young wife entering the house... The entwined H and S are the initials of the Ha..

The door of Hôtel de Crémoux (no3) is decorated with an arch of cabbage leaves surrounded by high pinnacles. Hôtel de Gamanson at no7 consists of two main buildings at right angles. A cupola crowns a well.

General Pierre Daumesnil was born in this house (Maison natale de Daumesnil) on 27 July 1776. He famously said he would only surrender the Château de Vincennes if he was given his leg back (which he had lost during the Battle of Wagram).

The Hôtel de Ville (town hall) occupies the 17C and 18C Hôtel de Lagrange-Chancel . No7 is a beautiful 15C residence with a polygonal staircase tower and machicolations that were added in the 19C to accentuate its Gothic-style appearance.

Along the island, some lovely houses stand on Boulevard Georges-Saumade - Maison Lambert , or the «house with columns» (nobody knows why!) is a lovely Renaissance house. Maison Cayla , or «house of the Consuls» was built in the 15C on the ramparts...

There’s a lovely view of Saint-Front cathedral from this square. But make sure you come on a Wednesday or Saturday to see the local market in full swing. The winter truffle and foie gras markets attract crowds of gourmets.

With their big, uneven paving stones, low doorways and openings onto stepped alleyways, these streets take you right back to the Middle Ages.

The criminals due to be executed in place de la Clautre used to have to walk up the rue du Calvaire first. However, a more welcome fate awaits you in the square these days, in the form of truffles and foie gras. As you walk along the street, note the..

This square features two bronze cannons made in Périgueux in 1588. They were excavated from place du Coderc on the site of the gun room of the former consulate.