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Origin and history

The Protestant temple of Etretat was built in 1883 on land offered by Charles Sautter, director of the Bank of Paris and the Netherlands. The plans are signed by the architects Émile Bénard, Grand Prix de Rome, and Charles Letrosne, known for other Protestant temples. The inaugural cult, presided over by the pastors Jean de Visme and Auguste Decoppet, took place on 15 July 1883, marking its opening to the community.

The temple is the framework of the religious marriage of André Gide and Madeleine Rondeaux on October 8, 1895, an event mentioned in L-Immoraliste (1902). This place remains linked to literary history, the spouses being buried at Cuverville cemetery. Today, it hosts summer cults and cultural activities, such as an escape game inspired by Arsène Lupin, linked to the local heritage.

Architecturally, the building combines brick and flint, characteristic of the land of Caux, with a wooden vaulted nave and non-figurative stained glass windows. It is part of the Norman Protestant landscape, attached to the parish of Le Havre-Étretat-Montivilliers, member of the United Protestant Church of France. Its location, rue Guy-de-Mauppassant, places it close to other cultural sites such as the museum Arsène Lupin.

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