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The Carmelite convent of Dieppe, founded in 1615 by the Order of the Screech Carmelites, was destroyed during the bombing of 1694. Reconstructed between 1735 and 1745, it included a chapel from the early 17th century, partially rebuilt in the 18th century. The convent building, dated from the same periods, is surmounted by an octagonal stone campanile. Desacralized during the French Revolution, he was entrusted to the Protestants in 1834.

The chapel, composed of stone, sandstone and flint, became a Protestant temple in 1835, shared with the Anglicans until 1873. Ranked a historical monument in 1990 (registration) and then in 1995 (partial classification for its facade), it bears witness to the turbulent religious history of Dieppe, marked by the Protestant Reformation from the 16th century. The city, open to humanist ideas, was a Huguenot home before the revocation of the edict of Nantes in 1685.

The present temple, located 69 rue de la Barre, preserves medieval basements and sober architecture, reflecting its dual Catholic and Protestant heritage. A mixed property (municipal and private), it remains an active place of worship for the United Protestant Church of France, while being an architectural vestige of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Dieppe, a strategic port city, was also marked by figures such as Abraham Duquesne, explorer of Canada, and Jean Ribaut, explorer of Florida. The wars of Religion and conflicts with England shaped its heritage, including this transformed convent, a symbol of religious tolerance found in the 19th century.

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