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Protestant Temple of Etretat en Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime

Protestant Temple of Etretat

    66 Rue Guy de Maupassant
    76790 Étretat

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1883
Construction of the temple
8 octobre 1895
Marriage of André Gide
1902
Publication of "Immoralist"
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Key figures

Charles Sautter - Land donor Director of the Bank of Paris.
Émile Bénard - Architect Rome Grand Prize, co-conceptor.
Charles Letrosne - Architect Author of temple plans.
André Gide - Writer Married to temple in 1895.
Jean de Visme - Pastor Presids of the inaugural cult.
Auguste Decoppet - Pastor From the Louvre Oratory Temple.

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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