Perigueux

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Perigueux is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is also the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese. Sights in Perigueux include: the remains of a Roman amphitheater (known locally as the arenes romaines) the center of which has been turned into a green park with a water fountain; the remains of a temple of the Gallic goddess "Vesunna"; and a luxurious Roman villa, called the "Domus of Vesunna", built around a garden courtyard surrounded by a colonnaded peristyle now housed in the Vesunna Gallo-Roman Museum.

This lovely town located in Dordogne, features a Renaissance and Medieval district with interesting monuments.
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