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Associated tours

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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.

Associated notes

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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...
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  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.
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  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...
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  Vitraux

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