The Protestant Independent school of theology of Paris
The Protestant Faculty of theology of Paris was founded in 1873, and called Protestant Independent school of theology, upon the initiative of Strasbourg University professors, especially Frédéric Lichtenberger and Auguste...
Around Saint-Germain des Prés
Saint Germain des Prés played a key role in the birth of Protestantism, thanks to the humanist and theologian Jacques Lefèvre d’Etaples
The Temple de l’Etoile
During the 19th century Paris spread to the West, especially into the Passy, Auteuil, Batignolles and Porte Maillot districts. Several Temples were built and attest to the revival of Protestantism...
Panorama from the Pont des Arts
From the Pont des Arts the beautiful view evokes Protestant Paris during the reign of Henri IV.
Around the Oratoire du Louvre
Across the rue de Rivoli you can enter the Cour Carrée, the oldest part of the Louvre Palace.
District of the Victoires
This district was built in the 17th century between the Stock-Exchange and the Louvre on various abandoned sites. The crown and rich courtiers provided the funds.
District of Les Halles
Henri IV was murdered in his carriage on his way to Sully’s home in front of number 11 rue de la Ferronnerie.
The Lutheran Église des Billettes
The first church was built in 1294 in remembrance of a miracle concerning a host that escaped from a pot of boiling water it had been thrown into. In 1299...
The Temple du Marais
Formerly this church was the convent church of the Visitation Sainte-Marie, built in the Marais district near Bastille square in 1632, at the request of François de Sales and Jeanne...
The Deaconess House of Reuilly
Until 1970 the House was the Mother House of the community of the deaconesses of Reuilly, founded in 1841 by pastor Antoine Vermeil and a parishioner Caroline Malvesin.
The Hôtel Carnavalet
The name is a distortion of Kernevenoy, a gentleman from Britany who had the mansion built in 1544, and converted to Protestantism.
The Protestant Temple du Foyer de l’Âme
It was built in 1907, and is the last large temple erected within Paris since the early 20th century.
The Palais de la Femme
The ‘social hotel’ belongs to the Salvation Army. It was built in 1912 where the Filles de la Croix convent used to be, and had various assignments. The convent was...
The Temple des Batignolles
In 1834 on the initiative of the liberal pastor Athanase Coquerel, a first Temple was built in wood on the boulevard des Batignolles, in a developing area outside Paris.
The Temple de Passy-Annonciation
In 1858, pastor Eugène Casalis, a well-known missionary in Lesotho and then also head of the Paris Mission Society, started gathering a small Protestant community in the Passy village, at...
The library of the SHPF
Founded by Fernand de Schickler in 1866 and located near the Place Vendôme, the Société de l’Histoire du Protestantisme Français (SHPF) (Society for the History of French Protestantism), was moved...
Protestant Strongholds
In a predominantly Catholic France torn apart by the Wars of Religion (1562-1598), the Protestants were granted strongholds to ensure their security. The creation of these ‘strongholds’ enabled the organisation...
Calvin’s Paris
Jean Calvin’s Paris, rather the Paris area where he used to live as a student, was the Latin Quarter, more precisely the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève area
The Temple de l’Oratoire
This reformed temple of the French Protestant united Church is the most historically vibrant one in Paris.
Louis Médard (1768-1841)
Louis Médard, a merchant, was of Protestant origin and bequeathed his extensive library, created in his lifetime, to his native city of Lunel (in the Hérault region), in order to...