Temple protestant (Lézan)
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The Temple protestant (German: Evangelical Church) is a church building of the United Protestant Church of France in Lézan in the Gard department ( Occitania region ).
history
Today's Temple Protestant was built in the late 10th or early 11th century and was originally dedicated to St. Simon Peter . In 1273 the church came into the possession of the Cistercian Abbey of Franquevaux and probably received its core structure during this time, which is typical of the region's Romanesque style with its strict, unstructured and barely windowed structure and is reminiscent of a fortified church .
In 1547, the majority of the population accepted the Reformation . In 1562 the building was partially destroyed by the camisards and restored in 1686/87 by the Catholics, who had been awarded the church again after the edict of Nantes was repealed . In 1702 and 1703 the church was repeatedly set on fire by the Camisards during the Cevennes War without causing any major damage. The restoration took place in 1713. Even after the end of the Camisard Wars, the proportion of reformed people in the total population in the region remained high. From 1795 the church was used again for Protestant worship and in 1803 the church finally became the property of the Protestants. In 1893 the apse was walled up and the interior was prepared according to the requirements of the Reformed church service. Presumably the nave windows were enlarged. In 1970 the wall to the choir was reopened.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patrimoine de Lézan, notice board on the church
- ^ Lézan: le temple
Web links
Coordinates: 44 ° 0 '49 " N , 4 ° 3' 3.9" E