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Origin and history

The Reformed Temple of Saint-Césaire de Nîmes is a religious monument located in the city of Nîmes. Although its membership in Protestant tradition is attested by its name, the available internal sources do not specify its period of construction or the major stages in its architectural or community history. In the Occitan region, Protestant temples have often played a central role in the spiritual and social life of the reformed communities, especially after the French Revolution and the legal recognition of Protestantism.

These buildings, sometimes rearranged from ancient Catholic churches or built ex nihilo, reflect the historical anchoring of Protestantism in southern France, marked by periods of persecution and then progressive tolerance.