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Porte Renaissance de l'Académie

Puylaurens, Tarn, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La porte du siège de l'Académie protestante, ancien hôtel de Solignac, remontée dans le jardin du temple, située 26 rue Foulinou (cad. L 144) : inscription par arrêté du 7 juillet 2015
Protection dates
2015/07/07 : inscrit MH
Type
porte
Main period of construction
19e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'une association
Address
26 rue Foulinou
Commune
Puylaurens
Département
Tarn
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.57322, 2.01175
Mérimée reference
PA81000052

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 15: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Situé entre Toulouse et Castres, Puylaurens a joué un rôle primordial dans l'histoire du protestantisme aux 16e et au 17e siècles grâce à son rôle de place forte, essentiel durant les guerres de Religion. La ville accueille l'académie de théologie protestante chassée de Montauban et devient un foyer intellectuel

English translation

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Situated between Toulouse and Castres, Puylaurens played a primordial role in the history of protestantism in the 16th and 17th centuries thanks to its role as a stronghold, essential during the Wars of Religion. The town welcomes the protestant theology academy expelled from Montauban and becomes an intellectual centre.

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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