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Protestant Temple à Dijon en Côte-d'or

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Protestant Temple

    7 Bis Rue du Temple
    21000 Dijon
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Crédit photo : Erkethan - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1562
First regional synod
1685
Community Disappearance
10 février 1828
Act of Protestant Association
2 septembre 1829
Authorization of worship
1er novembre 1898
Inauguration of temple
5 août 2020
Registration historical monument
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

With the exception of the building of the 1950s situated between the temple and the presbytery, the buildings related to the Félix Paumier project, sis 14 boulevard de Brosses, the temple in its entirety, the facades and roofs of the house of the guardian, the sacristy and the presbytery, the grids, the fence walls and the floor of the plot of the seat containing the buried remains of the former castle of Dijon, located on Parcel No. 54, section EW, as delimited on the plan annexed to the decree: inscription by decree of 5 August 2020

Key figures

Pierre Le Roy - Pastor Geneva Founded the reformed community in 1562.
Albertine de Broglie - Duchess and patrons Relaunched the community in 1828.
Jean-Alphonse de Frontin - First concordant pastor Appointed in 1830 to 23 years.
Félix Paumier - Parisian architect Designs the temple (1896-1898).
Jean-Baptiste Ghys - Belgian organ factor Author of the original organ (1897).
Henriette Meininger - Alsatian donor Finance the land by legacy (1894).

Origin and history

The Protestant temple of Dijon finds its roots in the first regional synod of the Reformed Churches of Burgundy, held in Chalon-sur-Saône in 1562, where a Dijon community is attested. Directed by Pastor Pierre Le Roy, she met rue des Forges before disappearing after the revocation of the edict of Nantes in 1685. The community was reborn in the 19th century thanks to the impetus of the Duchess Albertine de Broglie, who encouraged local Protestant families, including the Lansons, to structure themselves in 1828.

The cult was officially authorized in 1829, and the young pastor Jean-Alphonse de Frontin was appointed in 1830. After decades of negotiations, land was ceded in 1894 near Place Saint-Bernard, on the site of the old ramparts. The temple, designed by architect Félix Paumier, was inaugurated on November 1, 1898, the day of the Reformation, and was inspired by the Roman Roman Revival style.

The building houses an initial organ by Jean-Baptiste Ghys (1897), replaced in 1993 by a Muhleisen instrument. Its bell tower, with a 620 kg bell named Sophia, and its porch decorated with a Bible in bas-relief (1910) symbolize its reformed heritage. The temple is listed for historical monuments on August 5, 2020, recognizing its heritage and architectural importance.

The history of the temple is also marked by local tensions: in 1904, the adjacent street was renamed Michel Servet by an anticlerical municipality, illustrating the religious debates of the time. The building, owned by an association, preserves remains of the medieval castle of Dijon in its enclosure, protected by the inscription of 2020.

External links

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