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Nîmes Cathedral is a neo-classical church with neo-Byzantine furnishings dating from the 17th century. The surviving medieval parts, especially in the western façade, such as the gable wall, date from a late Romanesque construction phase in the mid 12th century. During the Wars of Religion, Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Castor was severely damaged twice by the Huguenots in 1567 and 1621. Between 1877 and 1882, the architect Henri Révoil remodelled the interior of the neoclassical cathedral in the Romanesque-Byzantine style.

Saint-Sacerdos Cathedral in Sarlat is the co-cathedral of the diocese of Périgueux and Sarlat. The church was originally built as part of the abbey of Sarlat (founded in the 9th century). The diocese of Sarlat was created in 1317, along with several other Catholic dioceses in the Aquitaine region, following the victory of the French royal forces over the Albigensian Cathar armies. Pope John XXII, former archpriest of Sarlat and bishop of Fréjus and Avignon, appointed the abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Sacerdos as the new bishop of the town. The former Romanesque abbey church thus became the cathedral of the diocese. In 1504, it was decided to build a new cathedral, which was not completed until the 1680s.

Saint Stephen's Greek Cathedral is the cathedral of the Greek Orthodox Church of Paris and the seat of the Greek Orthodox metropolis of France. It was built under the direction of the architect Emile Vaudremer. The interior walls of the church were decorated by Charles Lameire and the marble iconostasis by Ludwig Thiersch. Vaudremer commissioned Léon Avenet to create the stained glass windows. On 9 October 1962, the marriage of Édith Piaf and Théo Sarapo was celebrated in the cathedral and on 20 September 1977, the funeral of Maria Callas took place in the cathedral.

An edifice built and completed in the 13th century, it follows the first buildings installed in older periods. The cathedral was enlarged several times.

Cathedral built as early as the 10th century, which underwent multiple alterations and improvements until the 19th century.

The present cathedral was built in 1400, following the footsteps of the previous one which was demolished. It was rebuilt in 1507, after the collapse of the bell tower.

The building, completed in 1630, underwent several phases of destruction, leading to modifications. The first one in 1694, when it was burnt down by the English. The second came with the bombings of 1944, which led to a major destruction of the building. Auguste Perret, architect, is in charge of the restoration of the church, completed in 1992.

Built in the 11th century on an ancient temple of Mars, as well as an ancient Merovingian church.

Initially an abbey church, this building was erected in the 12th century, and many Gothic elements were added between the 13th and 14th centuries.

Construction in 1692 allowed thanks to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, since Montauban was initially Protestant.