Périgueux
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Périgueux is a commune in the Dordogne department, in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.
View of the city centre and St Front's cathedral from the east bank of river Isle
Roman Tower of Vesunna, bordered since the 19th century by a railway.
Saint-Étienne Church
Tower and turret of Renaissance Maison du Pâtissier (also known as Maison Tenant or Maison Francony)
Simone Mareuil
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Simone Mareuil was a French actress best known for appearing in Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali's surrealist film Un Chien Andalou.
Périgueux
…During the year 1940, many Jews from Alsace and Alsatians were evacuated to Périgueux. Simone Mareuil (a lead actress from the surrealist film Un Chien Andalou) committed self-immolation on 24 October 1954 by dousing herself in gasoline and burning…
Mareuil in a still from Un Chien Andalou.