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Grand temple de Nîmes

Grand temple de Nîmes

Nîmes, FR

The Grand Temple of Nîmes was built as a Dominican convent church between 1714 and 1736. During the Revolution, the Dominicans abandoned it. The disused church was then rented by the Protestants and inaugurated by the pastor Paul Rabaut. In 1803, the church was officially assigned to Protestant worship and took the name of Grand Temple. In 1821, the temple organs were built.

Grand'Église

Grand'Église

Saint-Étienne, FR

The Grand'Église or church of Saint-Étienne and Saint-Laurent is said to have existed since the 5th century in the form of a chapel. In 1310, a bequest from Jocerand d'Urgel, Lord of Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, allowed the reconstruction of the church of Saint-Etienne-de-Furan in its present form. The church is built in the Forézien Gothic style in sandstone and has a flamboyant Gothic choir. It has three naves with five bays and a transept.

Grande Chartreuse Monastery

Grande Chartreuse Monastery

Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, FR

The Grande Chartreuse Monastery is the first monastery as well as the mother house of the hermit monks of the Carthusian order. The legend of the foundation of the monastery tells that a group of several monks, guided by Bishop Hugues de Grenoble (1080 to 1132), settled in June 1084 in the Chartreuse valley. Since the 19th century, the Grande-Chartreuse community has been known to oversee the production of the popular Chartreuse liqueur.

Great Synagogue, Marseille 6e

Great Synagogue, Marseille 6e

Marseille, FR

The Great Synagogue of Marseille, long called the Great Temple, was built from the plans of Nathan Salomon in 1860. The first stone was laid on July 15, 1863 and the inauguration took place on September 22, 1864 in the presence of the city authorities.

Grane Church

Grane Church

Trofors, NO

The Grane church is a long church dating from 1860. It was built in wood by the architects Andreas Grendestad and Andreas Nilsskog.

Gransherad Church

Gransherad Church

Notodden, NO

Before the present church, Gransherad had a stave church dating from the 1300s which was demolished in 1849. The church in Gransherad was erected by the builder Halvor Andreas Olsen according to a drawing by the castle architect H.D.F. Linstow and consecrated on September 11, 1849. The vestry dates back to the 1930s.

Granvin kyrkje

Granvin kyrkje

Voss, NO

The church in Granvin is a long wooden church dating from 1726. It replaces the Granvin Stave church which had to be demolished due to decay in the 1720s. The first time Granvinskyrkja is mentioned in written sources is in 1306.

Gratangen Church

Gratangen Church

Gratangen, NO

The Gratangen church is a modernist church from 1971, built by the architect Oskar Norderval. The building has a low, flat roof, but two triangular, vertical concrete slabs rise up like a sail. Between the slabs hang the church bells.

Gravberget Church

Gravberget Church

Gravberget, NO

Gravberget church is a wooden church with a characteristic pyramidal shape and an almost square plan, built in 1955 according to the plans of the architect Magnus Poulsson.

Gravina Cathedral

Gravina Cathedral

Gravina in Puglia, IT

Gravina Cathedral dates back to the 11th century according to the monk historian Ferdinando Ughelli in his work Italia Sacra (1721). This first church was destroyed between 1447 and 1456, first by a fire and then by an earthquake that devastated the whole area. The reconstruction lasted thirty years and was carried out by Bishop Matteo D'Aquino (1482-1508). Between the 17th and 18th centuries, its interior underwent various Baroque interventions. Today the church is a synthesis of different architectural styles: late Romanesque, Renaissance and Baroque.

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