The most beautiful temples to visit France

A building that underwent numerous transformations during the th, th, th and th centuries. A former hospice of the Holy Spirit, the church has become a Protestant temple since 1842. In his courtyard you can admire a beautiful wooden gallery finished in the early th century.

The temple of Vesta is a circular temple inside the Boissé-Lemot Boissé Park. It complements the Italian architectural ensemble of the park along with the cave of héloise or the tomb to the ancient. It is inspired by Vesta temples in Rome and Tivoli. A waterfall had to sink rocks supporting the temple to the Lecourbe, this Projet project never lives. This temple is classified as a historic monument.

The Protestant Temple is remarkable for its architecture. Anyone who passes through the streets of Burgundy cannot miss him and remain indifferent to him. It is the work of the architect Orléanais François Narcisse Pagot, and was built at the site of the former church Saint-Pierre-Empont, to be inaugurated on 2 May 1839. It is a building of circular central plane, formerly covered by a dome. This rotunda has a diameter of 14,80 m. It opens with a portail ion order portal. The whole is crowned with ionic entablature, decorated with triglyphes and métopes, the latter decorated with rayons à. The interior design is mainly designed in wood and has an organ installed at the opening of the Temple but completely replaced in 1964. The Temple is classified Historic Monuments. Website: www.erf-orleans.org