Grand Temple de Lyon
The Grand Temple de Lyon is a Protestant church located at No.3 Quai Victor Augagneur (then Quai de la Guillotière), in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon.
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Reformed Church of France |
District | 3rd arrondissement of Lyon |
Year consecrated | 1884 |
Location | |
Location | Lyon, France |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Gaspard André |
Type | church |
Style | Byzantine |
Completed | 1884 |
History
The church was built in 1884 by Protestant architect Gaspard André (1840-1896) and was inaugurated on 1 May 1884.[1] The facade, made between 1879 and 1885, is decorated with many arcs patterns. The furniture of the church is of the nineteenth century.[2]
It is owned by the Lyon congregation of the Reformed Church of France. Religious services are held there every Sunday, usually late afternoon. It also held many concerts. It is a listed monument historique since 2011.[3]
Besides the 900-seat hall of worship, the building also contains the popular Protestant library. This library was founded on 1 April 1830 at the Temple du Change and installed in 1889 in the Grand Temple. It stopped its purchases in 1926 before closing in 1930, because of a major competition from the municipal library system of neighborhoods of the Lyon city. This is a popular library of the nineteenth century, preserved in its original state.[4] It contains about 4,500 books of history, philosophy, theology, travels and as many novels for children and adults, collections of popular songs and magazines.
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The pipe organ was built in 1884 by Merklin, rebuilt in 1923 after a fire. It is equipped with a "mechano-pneumatic" transmission. Some changes were made by the organ builder Dunand in the 60s. Restored by the organ builder Promonet, it was equipped with a second mobile console.
Bibliography
- Collective book, Le grand Temple de Lyon et son orgue, 1998. Preface by Raymond Barre
- Carbonnier-Burkard, Marianne - La bibliothèque populaire de Lyon au XIXe siècle - Villeurbanne : ENSB, 1976.- Mémoire du diplôme supérieur des Bibliothèques - 210 p. ; 30 cm. (Archives Église Réformée de Lyon et BML 6900 ZX2 CAR)
References
- "Lyon : le "grand temple" ou temple des Brotteaux" (in French). Temples de Lyon. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- Mairie de Lyon (2004). Zoom rive gauche — Lire la ville en creux et en relief — Lieux, sites et acteurs du patrimoine (in French). Mission site historique de la ville de Lyon. p. 18.
- Base Mérimée: Grand Temple protestant, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- "La bibliothèque populaire dans le "grand temple" ou temple des Brotteaux" (in French). Temples de Lyon. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
External links
- (in French) Official site of the Grand Temple de Lyon
- (in French) Official site of the organ
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