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.
The Edict of Nantes square
With the Edict of Nantes, Henri IV granted a slightly restricted freedom of worship to the Protestants, along with about 80 strongholds, such as La Rochelle, Beauvoir-sur-Mer, Montaigu…taken away by...
Harouys street
Harouys was the mayor of Nantes in 1572. During Saint Bartholomew’s Day, on 24 August, the city council refused to obey the Guise orders to massacre the Protestants as was...
The Carmélites street
The cinema at number 12bis is a former Carmelites chapel, and was the first temple granted to the Protestants at the time of the Concordat (1801). Worshipping took place there...
Paul Bellamy street
Paul Bellamy (1866-1930), a committed Protestant, joined the city council in 1908, and was elected mayor two years later. He remained in office for 18 years.
The Erdre riverside
In the 18th century the Protestants of Nantes used to embark on gabarres (traditional boats) at Port Communeau to go to Sucé where the temple was located.
Present temple on Édouard-Normand square
The temple on Édouard Normand square was built between 1956 and 1958 to replace the one destroyed during the war.
Ecumenism, what for and how?
As soon as the first Christian communities were founded, two concerns appeared. Firstly living together in global village, namely the earth, secondly attempting to unite Christians. The debates could not...