Limoges - Cathedral of St Etienne

In the southeast of the town of Limoges is its most important monument and only Gothic building, the Cathedral of St-Etienne, begun in 1273, continued in various later periods but not finally completed until the second half of the 19th C. In the north transept is the Portail de St-Jean, with carved doors (legends of St Martial and St Stephen) dating from the first half of the 16th C. The tower is 62 m/205ft high, the three lower storys being Romanesque and the four upper ones Gothic.

Notable features of the interior are the monuments of three church dignitaries of the 14th and 16th centuries round the choir, the richly decorated rood screen in Italian Renaissance style and some old stained glass.