The Reformation in 3 minutes (video)
In 16th-century Europe, a group of people criticised the Catholic Church – they were called Protestants – and created a different church, called the “Reformed” church. Hence the expression “Protestant...
The Renaissance
A new spirit, a new form, a new outlook, new horizons: those of man’s greatness and happiness.
Emigration
Emigration reached its peak in the aftermath of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. It had already begun in the first years of Louis the XIV’s reign...
The work of Jean Calvin
The Temple in Orthez (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
The turbulent history of Protestantism in Orthez is reflected in the city’s successive temples.
Temple de Valence : le temple Saint-Ruf
Le temple Saint-Ruf de Valence (Drôme) est une ancienne chapelle d’abbaye, affectée au culte protestant en 1801.
Henri IV et la conquête du royaume (1589-1598)
En 1589, Henri de Navarre succède à Henri III sous le nom d’Henri IV. Mais la Ligue catholique, menée par les Guise, ne reconnaît pas son autorité. Pour Henri IV,...
The Saint Sauveur Church (rue Saint-Sauveur)
The Chaîne Tower and the Saint-Nicolas Tower
11 rue Saint-Nicolas
The Protestant hospital portal
The Maubec Gate (rue du Docteur Schweitzer)
The Saint Louis hospital chapel (rue Saint-Louis, at the end of rue Amelot)
The Bernon Hotel (27 rue Amelot)
14 rue Saint-Yon
Henri II House (11 rue des Augustins)
The Marsan Hotel (14 rue Bazoges)
The Museum of the New World – Formerly The Fleuriau Hotel (10 rue Fleuriau)
The impasse Tout-y-Faut (Dead-end)
