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Interior of the Roman Catholic Church at Saint-Germain-de-Calberte by Andrew Priest, on Flickr

Saint-Germain-de-Calberte has a fascinating history, with records indicating it came into existence in 1310. From what I can determine this church, the Catholic one (there is also a Protestant one) was built in the late 1600s as in July 1702 the Wars of Religion started.

By the 27 of July the Lord Francois Langlade of Chayla, former priest Saint-Germain-de-Calberte, inspector of the missions, was killed Pont-de-Montvert by the ‘religionaires’ of Saint-Julien-d’Arpaon. His remains are buried in the church near the main altar. We may have walked over them, but we couldn’t find any indication of the burial place ☹.

About 1792, after the French Revolution, the church was, for a moment, converted into salpetre-works (yielding nitrates), then into a club. The Notre Dame in Paris suffered a similar faith for some years or centuries.

At this time, all that could remind the catholic worship was doomed to destruction: the belltower was cut down, the bells, the tables, the sacred vessels and a part of decorative sacerdotal things were sent to the district of Florac. Any remaining furniture and all that had no monetary value were burnt in the public square. The watching Protestants apparently found this exciting, as they watched with joyful shouts.
 
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