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Temple protestant situé au Rousselet

Les Vans, Ardèche, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le temple protestant avec sa parcelle A 1551 et son mur de clôture, en totalité : inscription par arrêté du 8 mars 2011
Protection dates
2011/03/08 : inscrit MH
Type
temple
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 19e siècle
Dates
1824
Ownership
propriété d'une association cultuelle
Address
place du Temple
Lieu-dit
le Rousselet
Commune
Les Vans
Département
Ardèche
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
44.40393, 4.13301
Mérimée reference
PA07000019

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1779 map "90 Viviers." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Le prieur Claude de Beauvoir du Roure et son vicaire, Jacques Lahondès, furent les premiers propagateurs des idées évangéliques et se rallièrent au protestantisme dès 1563. L'église de Vans fut alors démolie et remplacée par un temple. En 1631, les Protestants durent céder leur temple aux Catholiques et achetèrent un terrain pour édifier un nouveau temple rue Neuve, détruit après la révocation de l'Edit de Nantes. Au 19e siècle, Eugène Guérin de Quissac devint pasteur et fut à l'initiative de la construction du temple actuel. Devis et plan furent approuvés en 1823. Les travaux s'achevèrent en 1825 et l'inauguration eut lieu le 7 mai 1826. De plan centré, le temple s'ouvre au nord par un porche pourvu d'un portique à quatre colonnes. Une petite sacristie est bâtie au sud. Les peintures intérieures ont été refaites en 1971-1972, entraînant la disparition des inscriptions bibliques qui étaient situées de part et d'autre de la chaire.

English translation

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Prior Claude de Beauvoir du Roure and his vicar, Jacques Lahondès, were the first propagators of evangelical ideas and rallied to Protestantism from 1563 onwards. The church of Vans was then demolished and replaced by a temple. In 1631, the Protestants had to cede their temple to the Catholics and purchased land to build a new temple on rue Neuve, destroyed after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. In the 19th century, Eugène Guérin de Quissac became pastor and took the initiative in the construction of the present temple. Estimates and plans were approved in 1823. Work was completed in 1825 and the inauguration took place on 7 May 1826. Of central plan, the temple opens to the north by a porch provided with a portico of four columns. A small sacristy is built to the south. The interior paintings were redone in 1971-1972, resulting in the disappearance of the biblical inscriptions which were located on either side of the pulpit.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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