Beaulieu sur Loire

Dominating Loire, Beaulieu sur Loire is an old medieval city, with the remainders of the castle, its fortifications and its castles dispersed in the countryside. Today, the "external walk" makes it possible to find the vestiges of the circular enclosure, its round or square towers and the guard room of the old castle, registered within the additional inventory of the historic buildings. .
The church made block with the guard room. Its bell-tower, probably from the XII th century, was designed for defense. One can observe the arches where posted the defenders. During the 1st world war, the bell-tower was used as tower of observation; the soldiers engraved their names on the frame. The church preserved its Roman nave whose barrel vault remained boarded for a long time. The chancel and the transept, destroyed during the wars of religion, were rebuilt with a Gothic style. The furniture and the interior decoration date back to the end of the XVIIth century and the XVIIIth century. They are classified within the Additional Inventory of the Historic buildings. Its altarpiece of baroque style which valorizes the "Pentecost" painting. The presence of the Canons of Bourges, spiritual and temporal Lords of the parish, is visible thanks to the seats of mercies installed around the grids of the chancel.

The Canons, installed since the XIth century, will live in, amongst other things, the current town hall. Installed on the square of the church, this house with its half-timberings, recalls the houses of the districts of Bourges and Aubigny sur Nère. The house has a square dovecote, representative of the vast field that Canons had on the Commune.