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Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, often nicknamed "the Good Mother" has been built in the Romanesque-Byzantine style and consecrated in 1864. It replaces a chapel of the same name built in 1214 and stands on the foundations of a fort built by Francis I in 1536. Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde Hill is a classified site since 1917.

Building built at the end of the 19th century, facing the impossibility of welcoming new citizens. Very inspired by the Byzantine style.

The Notre-Dame de Royan church was founded in 1958 following the destruction of a former church (dating from 1874) during the Second World War. Built by architects Guillaume Gillet and Marc Hébrard, it is considered a masterpiece of modern architecture.

Notre-Dame de Sénanque Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1148, and became an abbey in 1150. The monastery is known for the production of the liqueur of Sénacole, from 19 plants that flower in the Provencal valley of the abbey of Sénanque.

The church is the largest Romanesque church in Haute-Auvergne since the destruction of the abbey of Saint-Géraud d'Aurillac. The building was rebuilt in the 12th century on the site of a chapel dedicated to Saint Théodechilde.

The Church of Our Lady of Good Help, in the centre of the city of Brussels, is a baroque religious building dating from the 17th century. On this site was a small chapel mentioned as early as the 12th century, which was replaced in the 13th century by a church dedicated to Santiago de Compostela. The reconstruction of the church in the 17th century corresponds to the discovery of a statue of the Virgin Mary at this location, which quickly became an object of veneration and gave the church its present name.

The legend of the foundation of Notre-Dame du Roncier says that in 808, a peasant found a statue of the Virgin in a bramble bush while working on the banks of the Oust. He tried to bring her back home, but the statue kept disappearing and reappeared in his bramble bush. He decided to build a chapel and, over time, other people came to settle in what became the city of Josselin. The sickle that the peasant used would have been hung in the chapel and would never have worn out over time. The brambles growing on the gable could never have been pulled out. Revolutionaries would have tried to burn the original statue, but a fragment was pulled from the flames and placed in a reliquary. The Basilica of Notre-Dame du Roncier de Josselin is a key building in the Breton architecture of the late Middle Ages. In the heart of the town, this emblematic building, which has been redesigned several times, stands out for its size and its flamboyant Gothic style of the late 15th century. From its bell tower, you can admire the panorama of the town, its majestic castle and the surrounding area.

The construction of Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur church was requested by the neighbourhood's residents and built from 1925 to 1928 by architect Édmond Serneels. Designed in a neo-Romanesque style, the proportions were changed during the second phase of construction; due to lack of money, the length of the building was reduced.

Our Lady of Taur, built between the fourteenth and sixteenth century, was originally dedicated to the first bishop of Toulouse, Saturnin. The martyred bishop was dragged down the Capitol, tied to the tail of a bull (hence the name "Taur" which means bull).

This hermitage dates back to the 12th century, and it is still inhabited by a dozen monks. The Montrieux Monastery is built on the eastern foothills of Sainte-Baume.