Protestant church in Nantes, Protestant church in central Nantes, France.
This building on Place Édouard-Normand is a place of worship with clean, minimalist design from 1958, featuring an open interior space with a gallery for gatherings. The basement level provides additional rooms for various functions beyond the main prayer space.
The original building from 1855 was destroyed by bombing in 1943. This replacement was built in the 1950s to serve the congregation that had lost its former home.
The congregation gathers here as a meeting place and displays a modest collection of documents and artifacts that trace the Protestant presence in the region across generations.
The temple stands on Place Édouard-Normand in the Hauts-Pavés - Saint-Félix district, north of the city centre. The entrance is on the ground floor, where the Mémorial de la Réforme et de l'Édit de Nantes occupies a space at the entrance. The main worship hall of 400 m² seats 350 people, and the basement hall Coligny holds 150.
The building holds a museum space at its entrance, the Mémorial de la Réforme et de l'Édit de Nantes, devoted to the Protestant Reformation and the 1598 Edict signed in the city. The site on Place Édouard-Normand previously held the Théâtre de la Renaissance, destroyed by fire in 1912, then wartime barracks for the congregation.
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