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The new Protestant church or temple is a place of worship reformed Alsace and Lorraine in Metz built between 1901 and 1905, during the Wilhelminian period in Alsace-Lorraine under German supervision. In 1898, the municipality of Metz shall, to the Reformed community land planted with willows, called "Garden of Love" on the island of Little Saulcy for the erection of a neo-Romanesque temple Rhine. The architect selected for the project is Conrad Wahn, the chief architect of the city of Metz. The latter, experienced, had worked in Lorraine in many architectural projects, both religious and civil. Far from being a slavish replica of an existing model, the draft falls Wahn a stylistic approach voluntarily "archaeological". The construction of the building began in 1901 and continues for three years. The first stone was laid by the Statthalter Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, November 25, 1901. The temple was inaugurated Saturday, May 14, 1904 by Emperor Wilhelm II in person, accompanied by the Empress, Victoria, Princess Louise of Prussia and the highest authorities of Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen. The plan, Greek cross, however, has a central nave. The temple measures 53 meters in length, 26 meters in width. The height at the central tower reaches almost 55 meters. To welcome the public, its capacity at the time was 1204 seats, distributed in the nave, but also the choir and galleries. The portal capitals columns represent the four evangelists surrounding the Mystic Lamb. The pulpit is decorated with the Tablets of the Law, according to former Reformed tradition. The bottom of the stained glass windows are from the Saint Nicolas hospital and were introduced in the 1990s the choir, triumphal arch marked by a semicircular, is animated by a blind arcade with thin columns. It is discussed coming from the Plaza de Armas, the cathedral, the prefecture, the Place de la Comédie, the large bridge deck and the average of the Dead, or the Republic Square and Palace Justice, the "new temple" surprises by its silhouette, both massive and slender. His building material, dark sandstone contrast to the clarity of the stone Jaumont limestone surrounding buildings. His Rhenish Romanesque style, also uses the Ottonian vocabulary, especially with baskets Ottonian capitals. It contrasts with the French classicism of the surrounding buildings. Its octagonal lantern tower at the transept, its turrets and bedside nightstand with gallery columns, draws much of bedside Speyer Cathedral, the Cathedral of Mainz. Its two towers on the west facade, still evoke the Speyer Cathedral. His style has earned him many critics during its construction by Francophiles Metz, and after 1918 by some French, as an affront to classical harmony, so "French" from the Place de la Comédie. The "new temple" is nevertheless become a symbolic site of the city of Metz. The "new temple" is today still the gathering place of the Reformed Protestant community from the center of Metz. The facades and roofs of the building are the subject of a classification as historical monuments since January 6, 1930. During the annexation, Metz is transformed by the action of the German authorities that choose to do their planning a showcase of Wilhelminian empire. The architectural eclecticism is reflected in the appearance of numerous Romanesque Revival style buildings like the central station, the "new temple," or the new railway station; Gothic Revival, such as the portal of the cathedral and the temple of Garrison, or neo-Renaissance style, like the Palace of the Governor. The "new temple" Germanization policy illustrates this by architecture, deployed by William II to consolidate his hold on the city.