The church of St. Leon is a parish church built in the 1920s and 1930s. The church was designed by Emile Brunet. It is built of concrete covered with bricks. The art deco-inspired decoration (stained glass windows, mosaics, sculptures, ironwork) is characteristic of the 1930s and 1940s. The mosaic is the work of Auguste Labouret.
The Rue Chasseloup-Laubat Synagogue in Paris was completed in 1913 by architect Lucien Bechmann. This Neo-Romanesque stone synagogue is still in use.
The Hôtel des Invalides was built at the request of Louis XIV to accommodate war invalids. After the Revolution, and under the patronage of Saint-Louis and the Holy Trinity, the church was administratively attached to the Army Museum from its creation in 1905. The soldiers' church is now the cathedral of the French armies.
The church of Saint-Christophe-de-Javel was built between 1926 and 1930. A former wooden chapel, built on this site in 1863, was destroyed in 1890, and a temporary chapel was used until 1898 when the church was built in 1926. The present church is the work of the architect Charles-Henri Besnard. The choir's mural, by Henri-Marcel Magne, depicts him surrounded by travellers imploring his protection, and modern means of transport (train, liner, balloon, plane, car), inspired by the district's transport industries, notably the nearby Citroën factories.
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