Aquarium du Limousin

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The Limousin Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Limoges (Haute-Vienne), opposite the town hall. With 41,000 visitors in 2007[ref. to be confirmed], it is the 5th most visited site in the Haute-Vienne.

The Aquarium of Limousin has received a distinction from the national brand Quality Tourism. Furthermore, the aquarium is recognized as one of the richest public aquariums by its diversity of aquatic animals presented [desired secondary source]. This 600 m2 aquarium, opened in 1993, has forty ponds, three hundred species and about two thousand five hundred animals, from silt to piranha to sturgeon or silt.

Limoges Aquarium is located in a unique architectural setting in France, an ancient underground and vaulted reservoir of the city of Limoges. It was built under Napoleon III to preserve the city from possible cholera epidemics. The aquarium offers the possibility to observe different species like native species (carp, perch, crayfish, etc.), it also allows to observe animals from lakes or rivers around the world such as rays or shark fish, etc.

Moreover, the aquarium gives the great opportunity to...