is 160 metres from the Dordogne River and 350 metres from the Saint-Pierre Abbey. Meanwhile, other angels sound the trumpet to summon up the dead. 19, rue de la Chapelle, 19120 Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Corrze, France. A 2.1 metre Christ, his arms spread in the form of a cross, is flanked by the 12 Apostles, while angels above him carry the crown and nails. Instead of the usual Last Judgement scene, this depicts the Second Coming, the triumphant return of Christ, and the Resurrection. One of the main features is the stone carving above the entrance door. It was dissolved with the French Revolution and destroyed, apart from the church that we see today. In this gallery you will find photographs, images, videos and other kinds of media of the structure Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne in. Saint-Pierre-de-Mzoargues Eyragues Chateaurenard Pernes les Fontaines. Both the town and abbey fell to the Hugenots in October 1569, and it was not until 1663 that the abbey began to function again. Media in category 'Interior of Abbatiale Saint-Pierre de Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne' The following 34 files are in this category, out of 34 total. Caen Burgundy Dordogne Aveyron Edwards Luberon Le Temple sur Lot. Further additions were made in the 14th-century when a separate steeple was built.Īs with many buildings of its kind, the abbey declined during the Hundred Years War, which devastated the region. The church itself was built around 1095 and construction continued for almost half a century. Franz, Art et rforme clunisienne: le porche sculpt de Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne, Bulletin du Centre dtudes mdivales Saint-Germain dAuxerre. Founded in the 9th century, it reached its height of fame in the 12th. The bishops of Limoges defended it and in the 11th-century it was eventually absorbed by Cluny Abbey. Admire the splendor of the Abbey Church of Saint-Pierre de Beaulieu sur Dordogne. Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne (French pronunciation: bolj sy dd, literally Beaulieu on Dordogne Occitan: Belluec) is a commune in the Corrze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, central France. As the abbey, and it's wealth, grew, it came under threat by neighbouring feudal lords. Beaulieu is a medieval city, originally dominated by its great abbey of St Pierre, of which only the abbey church remains.
An impressive structure sitting right in the centre of the town the abbey flourished largely because of its proximity to the Way of Saint James (Camino de Santiago).įounded in the 9th-century by Rudolphe de Turenne, Archbishop of Bourges, he first installed the monks of Solignac near Limoges. In a medieval city that was once dominated by the great abbey of St Pierre, the church is now all that remains.
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