Registration for Historic Monuments 1989 (≈ 1989)
Arrested on 6 February 1989 for the temple.
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Heritage classified
Protestant Temple (Box AD 313): entry by order of 6 February 1989
Origin and history
The Protestant temple of Sainte-Hermine is a religious monument located in the commune of Sainte-Hermine in Vendée (Pays de la Loire region). This place of worship, whose exact address is the Petite Rue du Temple, was entered in the inventory of Historic Monuments by order of 6 February 1989. Today it belongs to the commune and constitutes an architectural and historical testimony of Protestantism in this region.
In the context of the 17th to 19th centuries, when Protestant temples were often built or rebuilt in France after the Wars of Religion and the edict of Nantes, these buildings played a central role in community life. They served not only as places of worship, but also as symbols of resistance and identity for Protestant populations, often minorities. In Vendée, a region marked by historical religious tensions, the presence of a Protestant temple such as that of Sainte-Hermine illustrates denominational diversity and the local dynamics of cohabitation or conflict.
