Temple protestant

English translation

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History

The temple built in the 19th century stands on the former lands of the priory of Souvigné. The church of this priory, ruined during the Wars of Religion and restored in the 17th century, was abandoned at the Revolution and then put to Protestant worship until 1865. In the years 1840-1841, work was undertaken on this building but a new temple was projected. The project was established by architect Bergeron and financing was put in place in 1866. The fittings were made in 1868 by joiner Pierre Garnier. Work was completed in 1870. The temple is of trefoil plan. A square communicates, on its north, east and west sides, with extensions consisting of a straight bay and a three-sided apse (west and east); of two straight bays and an identical apse to the north. In the angles formed by these three apses are entrance porches resting on a flight of steps with a square plan. The north elevation receives, in the upper part, a campanile placed between the terminations of the buttresses. The temple is topped with pendentive vaults in brick and plaster. The doors are surmounted by a lintel punctuated by a triangular drip moulding with a crossette, in which are engraved passages from the Gospels.