Limoges Town Hall lost decorative works

by Nate: France

Henri-Paul Motte, Jean-Joseph Weerts and Urbain Bourgeois made decorative pieces for the Limoges Town Hall, and apparently they're gone forever. The place itself opened back in 1883, earned Historic Monument status in 1975, and made it through both World Wars. What it couldn't make it through, per this take, was modern conditions in France. That's the part that stings