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  3. Hauts-de-France
  4. Somme
  5. 80240 Hesbécourt

  6. Memorial to the Former Desert Assembly of Protestants

 Memorial to the Former Desert Assembly of Protestants à Hesbécourt dans la Somme

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine protestant
Monument
Somme

Memorial to the Former Desert Assembly of Protestants

    Rue Ferme des Moulins
    80240 Hesbécourt
Photo de Memorial to the Former Desert Assembly of Protestants

Timeline

Époque contemporaine
2000
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

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Origin and history

The memorial of the former Assembly of the Desert of Protestants is located in Hesbécourt, in the Hauts-de-France region. This site recalls a historic gathering place for Protestants, although the exact period of its use is not specified in available sources. The desert assemblies designated the clandestine meetings of Protestants after the revocation of the edict of Nantes in 1685.

These gatherings, often held in isolated places such as forests or rural areas, allowed the faithful to practice their worship despite the official ban. The Hesbécourt monument is part of this tradition of memory of religious persecution in France, without specific details of its local history being mentioned in the current data.