BEAULIEU-LèS-LOCHES

'Beaulieu-lès-Loches' is a commune of the Indre-et-Loire ''département'', in France.

Contents

Geography

History

Sights

Reference

Geography

Beaulieu-lès-Loches is located on the right bank of the Indre, opposite the town of Loches, and practically its suburb.

History

It was once the seat of a barony.

Sights

Besides the parish church of St. Laurent, a beautiful specimen of 12th century architecture, it contains the remains of the great abbey church of the Holy Sepulchre founded in the 11th century by Fulk Nerra, Count of Anjou, who is buried in the chancel. This chancel, which with one of the older transepts now constitutes the church, dates from the 15th century. The Romanesque nave is in ruins, but of the two towers one survives intact; it is square, crowned with an octagonal steeple of stone, and is one of the finest extant monuments of Romanesque architecture.

Reference

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