Editing Limoges (section)

==Art and literature==
[[File:Thomas Becket Louvre OA11333.jpg|thumb|''The murder of [[Thomas Becket]]'', [[Limoges enamel]], 12th century, [[Louvre]] Museum]]

"Le marché de Limoges" (Limoges market) is the name of a section of [[Pictures at an Exhibition]] by [[Modest Mussorgsky]].

In 1768,<ref name="indy">{{cite web |url=http://facstaff.uindy.edu/~guyonneau/france2000/Limoges.html |title=Limoges |publisher=Facstaff.uindy.edu |access-date=14 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718095203/http://facstaff.uindy.edu/~guyonneau/france2000/Limoges.html |archive-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Kaolinite|kaolin]], a rock rich in fine, white clay which is used for making [[porcelain]], was discovered at [[Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche]], 30&nbsp;km south of Limoges. Under the impetus of the progressive economist [[Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune]], who had been appointed ''intendant'' of this impoverished and isolated region, a new [[Ceramic art|ceramics]] industry was developed, and [[Limoges porcelain]] became famous during the 19th century. However, [[Limoges porcelain]] is a generic term for porcelain produced in Limoges rather than at a specific factory (there are still several porcelain factories in and around Limoges). More than 50% of all porcelain made in France comes from Limoges.<ref name="indy"/>