SAINT-PIERRE ABBEY

Built in the 12th-13th century, the largest church in Corrèze is a masterpiece of Limousin Romanesque art. A real stone bible, its remarkable tympanum, dated 1125, teaches the faithful the Universal Judgement, the triumph of Christ of the Apocalypse. André Malraux said of the church of Beaulieu that it "bears one of the most beautiful Romanesque tympanums, the only one where the sculptor has depicted, behind the arms of Christ open to the world, those of the crucifix like a prophetic shadow". Take the time to admire this sculpted decoration whose splendour is reminiscent of that of Sainte-Foy de Conques. At the entrance, a few steps lead down into the nave. The interior presents the three architectural characteristics of a monastic abbey: the triple nave, here in a composite style, the transept, and the choir, here an ambulatory where the faithful practised their devotions without taking their eyes off the relics of Saints Prime and Felician. Stalls and baroque altarpiece from the 15th century. In the north arm of the transept, a chest contains the treasure, the most important piece of which is the "Majesty of Beaulieu", a Virgin and Child (12th century), as well as a 13th-century champlevé enamel shrine.