L'Enclos Protestant

Labelled "Rural Heritage of the Seine-Maritime" in 2021, the Protestant Enclosure of the commune of Trois-Pierres, completes the offer of cultural tourism of the Seine Valley, in Normandy.

My friend Pierre, a student in History, is preparing a thesis on Protestantism in Normandy. He is currently working on the part devoted to the Seine-Maritime region; we regularly visit sites related to the Protestant religious practice that has developed there since the 16th century.

This Sunday, we are near Bolbec, in the commune of Trois-Pierres, which has a particular place in the quality of a Protestant enclosure. Totally unusual, it is a small island of greenery lost in the middle of suburban dwellings that we discover. Along the road, a magnificent landscape hedge made of roses, dominated by umbrella pines gives an Italian look. We are already seduced!
At the entrance of the enclosure, some steps create a separation by a raised level of the road and gives a certain majesty to the place. Built some 170 years ago, the site presents ancient tombs, some of which have collapsed. A logic of "everything askew" inhabits the place because if you look at it, nothing is straight, everything leans. Obviously a great sobriety brings us a beautiful serenity. This place is particularly well maintained and brings an original touch in this environment.
Pierre is totally absorbed by this place, he writes a lot of notes and also takes many pictures. It must be said that there is enough to do for any Instagrameur here!

We leave this place full of poetry and take the road to Rouen because Pierre and I have an appointment with the Saint-Eloi temple, located behind one of the institutions of the urban development of the capital of Normandy: the Place de la Pucelle. There a church of the XIIIth century was assigned to the reformed church after the Revolution. But tonight it will be a choral concert as it often is in this place.