The church of Notre-Dame is a neo-Gothic building built between 1856 and 1865. The architect Paul Abadie was chosen to build the church as a small cathedral. It was built according to the original plans of the famous Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879), architect of the diocesan buildings at the height of his fame, but whose estimate was too expensive for the municipality.
The Sainte-Madeleine church was built in 1843. This neo-classical church was built by the contractor Prévôt to replace a dilapidated church demolished for the construction of the new Saint-Jean bridge. With a rectangular plan, it has a Greek-style pediment with a tetrastyle portico of Corinthian columns; it is topped by a small square bell tower with three bells.
The Plum Village monastery was founded in 1982 by Vietnamese refugees, and is one of Europe’s largest Buddhist monasteries, with over 200 monks and nuns.
The chapel of Cahuzac Castle was built between 1500 and 1600. The building is a rare example of late Gothic style in the area. In 1771, with the old parish church of the village having been destroyed, the baroness of La Rochefoucauld gave up the chapel of the castle to the inhabitants of the parish of Cahuzac. The church was restored in the 1880s, and the stained glass windows are from this restoration.
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