Beaulard
Beaulard ( Occitan Bioulâ ) is a village in the Susa Valley ( Piedmont , Italy ), at the foot of the Grand'Hoche at 1175 m slm altitude on the Dora Riparia . It belongs to the municipality of Oulx .
The parish of Beaulard has been documented since 1065, among the forty churches that Archbishop Kunibert of Turin gave to the Provosty of San Lorenzo of Oulx. The late Romanesque parish church of Beaulard, San Michele Arcangelo, dates back to the beginning of the 11th century and underwent some structural changes in the 15th century and during the baroque period. In the former apse , which has served as the entrance since 1493, it contains a fresco from the end of the 15th century, restored in 1861, depicting Jesus in the mandorla surrounded by the symbols of the four evangelists and the twelve apostles. A stone baptismal font dates from 1501.
Until it was incorporated in Oulx in 1929, Beaulard was an independent municipality. Until 1992 there was a small but very active lift network that was very popular thanks to the quality of the snow and the slopes. Joseph Chalier , a French revolutionary, executed in 1793, was born in Beaulard in 1747.
Web links
- Description on the website of the municipality of Oulx (Italian, Occitan)
- Description on oulx.org (Italian)
Coordinates: 45 ° 3 ' N , 6 ° 45' E