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The namePérigueux comes fromPetrocorii, a Latinization of Celtic words meaning "the four tribes" – theGallic people that held the area before the Roman conquest. Périgueux was their capital city. In 200 BC, the Petrocorii came from the north and settled at Périgueux and established an encampment at La Boissière. After the Roman invasion, they left this post and established themselves on the plain of L'Isle, and the town of Vesunna was created. This Roman city was eventually embellished with amenities such as temples, baths,amphitheatres, and a forum. At the end of the third century AD, the Roman city was surrounded by ramparts, and the town took the name of Civitas Petrocoriorum.
In the 10th century, Le Puy-Saint-Front was constructed around an abbey next to the old Gallo-Roman city. It was organised into a municipality around 1182.
During the year 1940, manyJews from Alsace and Alsatians were evacuated to Périgueux.
Saint-Étienne ChurchTower and turret of Renaissance Maison du Pâtissier (also known as Maison Tenant or Maison Francony)
Sights include: the remains of a Romanamphitheatre (known locally as the arènes romaines) the centre of which has been turned into a green park with a water fountain; the remains of atemple of the Gallic goddess "Vesunna"; and a luxuriousRoman villa, called the "Domus of Vesunna", built around a garden courtyard surrounded by a colonnadedperistyle now housed in theVesunna Gallo-Roman Museum.
The bell tower of St Front's cathedralSt Front's cathedral, inside
Thecathedral of St Front was built after 1120 and restored in the 19th century.
The history of the church of St Front of Périgueux has given rise to numerous discussions between archaeologists. Félix de Verneihl claims that St Front's was a copy ofSt Mark's Basilica in Venice; Quicherat, that it was copied from the church of the Holy Apostles ofConstantinople. M. 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. 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.
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.
Périgueux has anoceanic climate (KöppenCfb) with warm to hot summers combined with cool to mild winters. Périgueux has a mild climate for its latitude and inland position due to the significantGulf Stream influence on theBay of Biscay to its west. The resulting maritime air warms winters, while at the same time it is far enough inland to cause relatively warm summers on average.
Climate data for Périgueux (1981–2010 normals; extremes 1973–2017)
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