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Origin and history

The Protestant temple of Corbes, also known as the former Priory Saint-Michel-de-Corbès, is a monument in the municipality of Corbes. This place of worship, now Protestant, has a medieval origin linked to a priory dedicated to Saint Michael. The available sources do not specify the exact period of its foundation or the major transformations it has undergone over the centuries.

In the Occitanie region, priories like Corbes often played a central role in the religious and social life of local communities. These settlements, usually linked to monastic orders, served as places of prayer, reception for pilgrims and surrounding land management centres. Their conversion into Protestant temples, as is the case here, often reflects the religious upheavals in France, especially after the Reformation.