Notre-Dame rededicated as a Temple of Reason
- When
- 1793
- Where
- Notre-Dame de Paris
In 1793 the medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris was converted into a Temple of Reason, and later rededicated to the Cult of the Supreme Being.
Notre-Dame de Paris, the medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité and cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris, was converted in 1793 into a Temple of Reason. The cathedral was rededicated in 1793 to the Cult of Reason, and then to the Cult of the Supreme Being in 1794. Its works were confiscated in 1793 and the majority subsequently dispersed among regional museums in France.
Sources
- Notre-Dame de Paris Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-11
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