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Other names
  
Abbaye de Belloc

Phone
  
+33 5 63 24 50 10

Order
  
Cistercian

Disestablished
  
1789

Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey

Full name
  
Abbaye de Beaulieu-en-Rouergue

Founder(s)
  
Adhémar III, Bishop of Rodez

Address
  
Beaulieu, 82330 Ginals, France

Diocese
  
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rodez

Similar
  
Parc Rochegude, Notre‑Dame du Bourg, Abbaye de Belleperche, Château de Montal, Jardins des Martels

Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in south-west France, founded in 1144. Today, the abbey houses a museum of contemporary art. It is located in the commune of Ginals in the north-east of the Tarn-et-Garonne department, Midi-Pyrénées. The abbey was sometimes called abbey of Belloc.

History

Located in the valley of the River Seye, in the old province of Rouergue, the abbey was founded by the bishop of Rodez, Adhémar III. The buildings were heightened in the 17th centuries, but then fell into decline by the 18th century, when the cloister was demolished. At the time of the French Revolution, the monastery was closed and the buildings sold, to be converted into a farm. Part of the buildings were dismantled. In 1875 the buildings were first classed as a monument historique. It was purchased in 1960 by M. Brache and Mme. Bonnefoi, who carried out important restoration work, aided by the Caisse des monuments historique et des sites (currently the Centre des monuments nationaux). In 1973, they gave the abbey, together with an important collection of modern art, to the French state. The abbey was then transformed into a centre for contemporary art, and today is a museum of contemporary art in the Midi-Pyrénées area, with minor works by artists including Henri Michaux, Jean Dubuffet, and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, as well as regional artists.

References

Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey Wikipedia


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