Elisée Reclus (1830-1905)
Elisée Reclus devoted all his energy to the exploration of the planet and published books which extolled its wonderful qualities. He is also known for his defense of the Anarchist...
Printed fabrics in Jouy-en-Josas (1762-1843)
In 1762, Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf established a cotton printing factory in Jouy-en-Josas (Yvelines) ; it was to become very well-known. He succeeded in keeping the factory working throughout the whole French Revolution....
Les Toiles de Jouy
Plus de 150 ans après la fermeture de la Manufacture de Jouy-en-Josas (Yvelines) en 1843, le terme de Toiles de Jouy est devenu un nom commun. II évoque ces toiles...
The House of Protestantism in Charentes
The House of Protestantism in Charentes was created in 1994 and it was set up as a memorial to the history of Protestantism in Aunis and Saintonge.
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.
Aquitaine
Burgundy
Midi-Pyrénées
Temples in Paris
In Paris as in many other cities in France, former places of Catholic worship which had become national property at the Revolution, were turned over to Protestant worship.
Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône)
Rhône-Alpes
Uzès et ses environs
The Vaunage and Vistrenque regions
In the triangle between Nîmes, Sommières and Lunel, the Protestant memory is at its height. As early as 1580, in the Vaunage and Vistrenque together, three-fourths of the small towns...
Aigues-Mortes
Strasbourg
The Lower Rhine
The Upper-Rhine
Mulhouse, from the time of the Reformation until its union with France
Mulhouse was a Reformed town in Alsace, which was Lutheran. It was also associated with the Swiss Protestant Cantons. It was a conservative town and due to its position of...
Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Poissy
