Eric Liddell: missionary and Olympic champion
Among the most celebrated British missionaries of the last century, Eric Liddell, nicknamed “The Flying Scotsman” or “The Flying Pastor”, distinguished himself through exceptional sporting achievements, both in rugby and...
Clément Le Cossec (1921-2001)
The Pentecostal pastor Clément Le Cossec was the driving force behind a major movement of conversion among Gypsy communities to Protestantism, both in France and throughout the world
Jean Gal-Pomaret (1720-1790)
Jean Gal-Pomaret, a pastor of the Desert Church, left a profound mark upon Ganges and the surrounding region, where he served for forty-two years. In addition to his pastoral ministry,...
Louis XIV’s jewel chest
In 1607, Henry IV, who had ordered the construction of the Grande Galerie linking the Louvre to the Tuileries, decided to install the kingdom’s finest craftsmen on its lower floors....
Olivier Senn (1864 -1959)
This cotton merchant had a taste for art and the soul of a patron: during his lifetime, he donated a Degas to the Louvre, a sketch by Delacroix to the...
Lyon Temple: the Temple of Change
The Temple du Change is a former civic building converted into a Protestant church in the nineteenth century.
Maurice-Élie Sarthou (1911–1999)
Born into Protestant families from Béarn and Languedoc, the painter Maurice-Élie Sarthou belonged to the New School of Paris, within the category known as “Allusive Figuration”.
Temple in Castres (Tarn)
The former Capuchin chapel has become the Protestant church of Castres, and remains in use to this day.
Robert Pillods (1908-1990)
Robert Pillods is a socially engaged artist from the Montbéliard region. Alongside his secular works, a significant part of his oeuvre is devoted to the visual interpretation of the Bible.
The Mayflower in America (1620)
In 1620, a ship, the Mayflower, sailed from Plymouth in England and arrived in North America carrying about one hundred passengers, including English Puritans who would later become known as...
Temple in Toulouse: the Salin Temple
The Temple du Salin is located in the former building of the royal treasury, erected at the end of the thirteenth century. It takes its name from the Place du...
The Rochette case
After completing his theological studies in Lausanne, Pastor François Rochette exercised a clandestine ministry in France. He was arrested, sentenced to death by the Parliament of Toulouse, and executed in...
The Thirty Years’ War in 5 minutes
In 1618, a conflict broke out in Bohemia, within the Holy Roman Empire, for religious and political reasons. It led to a war involving most European countries.
Château de l’Isle, Saint-Denis-en-Val (five kilometres from Orléans)
Statue of Calvin (Place Saint-Pierre-Empont)
The Protestant Church (Place Saint-Pierre-Empont)
The So-Called House of the Shell (7 Rue de la Pierre-Percée)
Hôtel Groslot (Place de l’Étape)
Alibert House (6 Place du Châtelet)
Education in Boissy-Saint-Léger
From the Protestant Training College for Young Women to the Bernard Palissy School, more than one hundred and fifty years of Protestant commitment in the service of pedagogy and education....