Lyon, the short-lived capital of Protestantism (1562-1563)
During the first war of religion, Lyon was the intellectual and political capital of French Protestantism (1562-1563). The history of Protestant domination, then its ebbing and finally its failure, was...
The Church of Saint Paul
The Church os Saint Paul was built between 1892 and 1897 by the architect Ludwig Müller in the neo-Gothic style for the Imperial German garrison. It is one of outstanding...
The deaconesses
In 1873, the deaconesses clinic was built by the architect Emile Salomon, and was then located in the Finkwiller quarter next to the civil hospitals compound.
The Stift
The Stift – from the German verb ‘stiften’: to make a donation – is one of the oldest student residences in Strasbourg.
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame
The Cathedral was dedicated to Protestant worshipping from 1529 to 1681, except between 1550 and 1560.
The Church of Saint Aurelia
The Church of Saint Aurelia was already mentioned in the Carolingian era.
The Church of Saint Magdalene
The Church of Saint Magdalene was built in 1748 and Jean Geiler de Kaysersberg preached here.
The Church of Saint Nicolas
In the Autumn of 1538 Jean Calvin started preaching in Strasbourg at the Church of Saint Nicolas.
The Church of Saint William
The Church of Saint William and its adjoining convent were erected between 1298 and 1307 for hermit monks on the initiative of Knight Henri de Müllenheim.
The New Church of Saint Peter
The New Church of Saint Peter was built between 1250 and 1320 on the site of a former church of the early Middle Ages, and accommodated a college of canons...
The Old Church of Saint Peter
The site of the Old Church of Saint Peter was marked by a Christian presence as early as the 4th century. Two churches, one Catholic and one Lutheran presently stand...
The New Temple
The former church of the Dominican convent, a large Gothic building, was assigned to teaching activities by the City in 1531.
Jean Sturm gymnasium
In 1538, this High school was established in a former Dominican monastery by Jean Sturm, then in charge of the education policy in Strasbourg.
Church of the Shield
Heir to the French parish founded by Jean Calvin when he stayed in Strasbourg between 1538 and 1541, then headed by his successor Pierre Brully, the Church of the Shield...
The Church of Saint Thomas
The Church of Saint Thomas in late Romanesque and Gothic Styles, was built in the late 12th century on a Carolingian site.
The castle of the dukes of Brittany
On the 15th of April 1598, Henri IV signed, very likely at the castle of the dukes of Brittany, the famous ‘perpetual and irrevocable edict of Tolerance’ awarding freedom of...
Little-Holland
The name Little-Holland is attributed to the settling down of Dutch merchants, most of them Protestants, on the banks of the Loire river.
The passage Pommeraye
The passage Pommeraye was named after the notary who set up a shareholder organisation who financed its construction.
Cambronne courtyard
General Cambronne was born in Saint Sébastien in 1770. In 1792 he volunteered, and took part in all the Napoleonic campaigns. He accompanied the Emperor to Elba Island;
The Dobrée quarter
The Protestant Dobrée family fled to Guernsey after the Revocation. They came back to France in the late 18th century and settled in Nantes.