Temple du Saint-Esprit (Besançon)

About

The Temple of the Holy Spirit is a Protestant parish located in Besançon, Franche-Comté. The parish is a member of the United Protestant Church of France. The building and its outbuildings were built from the thirteenth century and assigned to the reception of the sick and needy, until the eve of the Revolution.

They were acquired in 1842 by the local reformed community, which reappeared in 1792 after more than two hundred years of prohibition. Architecture and decoration, combining the original Gothic with the 19th century troubadour style and neo-Roman style, peculiar in their execution and refinement, are classified in the Historical Monuments since 1932. Always open to offices and visits, the places symbolize, like the synagogue of the Veil-Picard wharf, the ancient and still alive presence of this denominational minority.