'Qui a maison à Uzerche, a château en Limousin'

If you have a house in Uzerche, you have a castle in Limousin, they used to say; and indeed the houses of Uzerche seem to have more than their ration of turrets, battlements and machicolations. At the top of the hill the fortified church of St. Peter has portions dating from the 11th, 12th, 13th and 17th centuries, surmounted by a 12th-century tower typical of the region, built in four storeys, the top one octagonal and the bottom three square. Opposite the church, the town hall boasts a handsome statue of Marianne, spirit of the Republic.