Rachilde was the pen name and preferred identity of novelist and playwright Marguerite Vallette-Eymery. Born near Périgueux, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France during the Second French Empire, Rachilde went on to become a symbolist author and the most prominent women in literature associated with the Decadent Movement of fin de siècle France.
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Périgueux is a commune in the Dordogne department, in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.
Top: Panorama view of Saint-Front Cathedral in Trélissac Hills, Middle left: Statue of Thomas-Robert Bugeaud in Bugeaud Square, Middle right: Barbadeau Castle (Le château de Barbadeau), Bottom left: Isle River and Saint Georges Bridge (Pont Saint Georges), Bottom right: The tower of Vésone (La tour de Vésone)
Périgueux Theater Palace
Saint-Étienne Church
Cathedral of St Front