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La Cotinière had had two successive chapels before it was built, on a new site, by the architect Kieffer, brother of the parish priest at the time, from July 1966 to April 1968.

The church of Notre-Dame-la-Major is a Romanesque-Gothic church originally consecrated in 452, during the third Council of Arles, by Archbishop Ravennius, as attested by the inscription engraved on the façade of the chapel of Saint-Martin, which disappeared in 1592 during its renovation. The replacement of this first church on the same site by a Provençal Romanesque building, of which the three bays of the nave remain, began in 1152. In the 16th century, the choir and its apse were completely rebuilt. In 1579, the bell tower was rebuilt in its present form.

The church of Notre-Dame-la-Riche dates mainly from the 15th century, but the origins of the building are very old. Texts attest to the existence of this church dedicated to Notre-Dame-la-Pauvre as early as 920. The church has been rebuilt several times. It has been known as Notre-Dame-la-Riche since 1141. All that remains of this church is the crypt of Saint-Gatien, which is outside the plan of the present church. During the Revolution, the church was used for the manufacture of saltpetre. It was returned to worship in 1798. The first restoration of the church was carried out between 1818 and 1820. The church was restored and partially rebuilt by architect Gustave Guérin between 1860 and 1866.

Neo-classical style church, located between two adjoining dwellings. One enters the building via a magnificent cul-de-four porch. Because of its geographical location, it is in the same parish as the church of Saint-Paul which faces it from the other bank of the Saône.

Built around 1020 by Guillaume de Bellême. It owes its name to its location on the banks of a ford in the Varenne river. It saw manants, noblemen and high dignitaries passing by on their way from Paris to Mont Saint-Michel. William the Conqueror, Henry II, who often stayed in Domfront, stopped there.

The church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción was built in the 16th century in the Herrerian style on the site of a church built a century earlier. In the 18th century, a choir and tower were added. During the 19th and 20th centuries the church suffered three calamities : in 1891, a main arch collapsed, which made it necessary to dismantle the Gothic ribbed vault; in 1936, shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, the parish archives, the liturgical trousseau and some of the furniture were burnt, and the space was used by the Republican army; finally, in 1949, the explosion of a nearby military powder magazine seriously damaged the fabric of the church, which had to be restored.

The church of Nuestra Señora del Mercado is a Romanesque church from the 11th century. Although the oldest part of the building dates from the 11th century, the church has undergone various reforms over time, so that it also has Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements.

The Church of the Transfiguration in Radocza was built in 1525.

Built in the 15th century, Notre-Dame du Sablon Church is located in the historic center of Brussels. In bad condition by the 19th century, the church was restored (1895-1912) and classified National Monument since 1936. The church is of significant importance for the town as the starting point for the historic Ommegang procession. The Sablon church was also the place of worship of the military guilds of the city of Brussels. Each of the guilds had an altar dedicated to their patron saint: Saint Christopher for the harquebusiers, Saint Michael for the fencers, Saint Anthony and Saint Sebastian for the archers and Saint George for the small crossbowmen.

The Church of Our Lady was first mentioned in 1205, it was subordinate to the Augustinian canonical monastery of St. Frei. After the devastating city fires, a new building was erected between 1450 and 1520 as a church in late Gothic style. In 1547, the spire was destroyed by lightning. Subsequently, the tower received its octagonal top and in 1549 the gilded knob of the tower with weather vane.