Temples built
after the Revolution

After the Concordat and the organic articles of 1802, there was a big revival in French Protestantism. Many new Churches were built throughout France.
Interior of the temple in Waldersbach (67) © Collection privée
Temple in Monneaux (Aisne) © S.H.P.F.
Inside the Change temple, Lyon (69) © S. Mouraret
Interior of the temple, Monoblet (30) © Reymond
nterior of the temple in Saint-Jean-du-Gard © O. d'Haussonville
Temple d’Anduze (30) © Reymond
Interior of the Saint-Esprit temple in Paris © Isabelle de Rouville
Interior of the temple, Ganges (34) © R. Laurent
Gallery in the Foyer de l'Âme in Paris © Isabelle de Rouville

Associated tours

  • Temples built after the Revolution
    After the Edict of Tolerance in 1787, the Protestants resumed building temples while Napoleon Bonaparte’s Organic Articles of 1802 organised the lives of the Churches and their worship.

Associated notes

  • Catholic heritage churches became temples after 1802
    After the organic articles of 1802, many previously Catholic Churches and Chapels were expropriated by the Revolutionary Government; they became the property of the nation. Many were then granted to...

  • Civil and religious buildings turned into Temples after the Revolution
    The nationalisation of clergy estates during the Revolution, and the disbanding of monastic communities left many churches, monasteries and abbeys unused.

  • Cloches
    Utilisées dans les églises chrétiennes dès la fin du VIe siècle, les cloches de grand volume apparaissent au XIIe siècle, essentiellement dans les cathédrales. Les temples protestants sont généralement pourvus...

  • Vitraux
    Les vitraux figuratifs sont rares dans les temples, car les protestants refusent les ornements particuliers.

  • Orgues
    De nombreux temples possèdent des orgues. C’est avant tout en Alsace, où la dynastie des Silbermann a construit au XVIIIe siècle près de 90 instruments «classiques». En dehors de l’Alsace,...