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)

Temple in Monneaux (Aisne)

Inside the Change temple, Lyon (69)

Interior of the temple, Monoblet (30)

nterior of the temple in Saint-Jean-du-Gard

Temple d’Anduze (30)

Interior of the Saint-Esprit temple in Paris

Interior of the temple, Ganges (34)

Gallery in the Foyer de l'Âme in Paris

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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.

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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.

Cloche de la tour Dugas à Saint-Ambroix (Gard)

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...

Les Paraboles, Jean-Pierre Brétegnier, vitrail d'Héricourt

Vitraux

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

Temple de Pentemont (75), orgue construit par Cavaillé-Coll en 1845

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,...