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143 YEARS OF ART GONE IN ONE NIGHT OF FRENCH RIOTS
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The post leverages high-impact, emotional imagery of a cultural tragedy to capture immediate attention, combined with concise, informative text that provides historical weight to the visual content.
Summary
This slideshow documents the destruction of the Limoges town hall and its historic art collection during protests in France. It provides historical context about the building and the specific artists whose works were lost in the fire.
Structure
- 1Hook slide showing the town hall before and during the fire
- 2Factual summary of the event and the destruction of the clock tower
- 3Details regarding the specific 19th-century artists whose works were lost
- 4Visual tour of the interior architecture and remaining art
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143 YEARS OF ART GONE IN ONE NIGHT OF FRENCH RIOTS
On October 17, during nationwide protests, Limoges' 143-year-old town hall was set on fire. Its 43-metre clock tower collapsed within hours.
Inside were 19th-century paintings by Henri-Paul Motte, Jean-Joseph Weerts and Urbain Bourgeois, and many are now feared lost.
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On Saturday 17 October 2026, the town hall of Limoges in France was set on fire during the nationwide protests. Authorities say the fire was started deliberately. By that evening its 43 metre clock tower had collapsed and much of the roof was gone 🔥 The building opened on 14 July 1883 and was built as a "palace of the people". Inside, the French state placed paintings that told the story of Limoges and its region. Henri-Paul Motte painted two large scenes for the grand staircase: The Workshop of Léonard Limosin, the Renaissance master who made Limoges enamel famous, and Past and Present, showing Henri IV bringing the Limousin into France. Upstairs, Jean-Joseph Weerts painted the ceiling of the Blue Room, the old council chamber, with The Genius of Liberty granting charters to the towns of the Limousin. In the wedding room, couples married beneath a ceiling by Urbain Bourgeois. Many of these works are now feared lost, but photos from inside show at least one of Motte's paintings still on the wall, damaged but standing. 💔 #art #painting #History #france #architecture
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