Beaulieu, nestled in a bend in the Dordogne, with its palm trees, banana trees and plane trees, and its mild climate conducive to strawberry cultivation, is aptly nicknamed the "Limousin Riviera". It has all the charm of a medieval town, with its Romanesque abbey church, tympanum and treasure, narrow streets, half-timbered houses and gabares. A member of the Fédération des sites clunisiens (linked to the Abbey of Cluny), it boasts a rich cultural heritage. Another of the town's assets is its strawberries, grown by numerous farmers in the surrounding area. The town grew up around the abbey in the late 12th century, when it was a stopover on the route to Santiago de Compostela. In 855, Raoul de Turenne, Archbishop of Bourges, decided to establish an abbey on the banks of the Dordogne, next to Vellinus, a fishing village. The site's cartulary records that, given the splendor of the site, he couldn't resist naming it Bellus Locus. The powerful Benedictine abbey, founded in the 9th century by 12 monks from the abbey of Solignac, was endowed with the relics of Saint Prime, Saint Félicien and a rich patrimony. Its possessions extended into the Limousin and Quercy regions. Around 1095, Beaulieu became part of the Cluny abbey and enjoyed a period of prosperity, during which the abbey church and cloister were built. The abbey prospered and the town grew up around the monastery buildings.

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