The town of Saint-Junien owes its name and its origins to a hermit, who lived during the VI^th century in a grotto. When he died, an abbey was erected above his grave. During the XI^th and XII^th centuries it was replaced by the Collégiale (collegiate church), located in place Deffuas. 

Later on, about the XIII^th century, a fortification was built to protect the houses surrounding the monastory. The Bishop of Limoges, a worldly lord, granted freedom of actions to the « commune » in 1254.

Visit of Saint-Junien :

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    The town has a very rich architectural heritage: the Collégiale, the Notre Dame du Pont Chapel,  the Saint-Guignefort Chapel, the Saint-Amand abbey, the Consuls House, the Executioner Tower, the Sainte-Elisabeth Bridge, the Notre-Dame Bridge, Jean Teillet’s House ... 
   Historical information, created by the municipality of St-Junien in cooperation with the association Par Chemins, is displayed at various places in French and in Occitan and give valuable details about the town centre.

The city of Saint-Junien is also well known for its leather industry and more particularly for its gloves...

Camille Corot (1796-1875), a painter with an international reputation, loved to paint Saint-Junien, along the banks of the river Glane, as at... The Corot Site!

An overview of Saint-junien :

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