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Origin and history

The Temple of Basil is a monument located in the municipality of Basil, in the Occitan region. The available sources do not specify its period of construction or its exact historical use, thus limiting the information to its geographical location and designation. In the Cevennes, a region to which Bassuls belongs, buildings designated as 'temples' were often linked to Protestant communities after the Reformation, or could be places of worship earlier.

Without precise data on this monument, it is impossible to assert its role, but the Cevenol temples generally played a central role in the religious and social life of the villages, especially in a context marked by tensions between Catholics and Protestants.