ANIMATED TOUR

Name: VISITA ANIMADA
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: MONTMORIN 63160

HISTORY OF THE TEMPLE OF MONTMORIN

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

©Christine Thomas

HISTORY OF THE MONTMORIN TEMPLE
Saturday 16 September at 3pm by Vincent FLAURAUD
Vincent Flauraud is a lecturer in Contemporary History at the University of Clermont Auvergne EXHIBITION of LAND OF LINKS Saturday and Sunday
presence of volunteers of the association Saturday
Terre de Liens celebrates its 20th anniversary
Terre de Liens is based on an associative and citizen dynamic that allows to acquire agricultural land, to install a new generation of farmers on organic farms. These places recreate the link between farmers and citizens, while promoting biodiversity and respect for the soil.

About the location

MONTMORIN 63160

les Robertins

Puy-de-Dôme
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

AN ANCIENT PROTESTANT TEMPLE
Its origin is the quarrel that began in 1872 between the inhabitants of the village of La Vialle and those of the village of La Martre, quickly joined by those of the 23 other villages and places called of the commune of Montmorin. At that time it was the chapel of the castle of Montmorin, located in La Vialle, which served as a place of Catholic worship. It would have needed a lot of work, but the city councillors refused these expenses and chose to build a church. She will be raised in La Martre rather than La Vialle.
Feeling aggrieved, numerous letters and petitions addressed to the bishopric and the prefecture attest to this, opponents to this localization turn to Protestantism. The authorizations obtained, the land found, the funds raised, the construction of the temple was launched in 1878\. A surprising outcome to a conflict that had almost led to the division of the commune. The delineation of the separation had even been decided by the municipal co