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Auxerre Cathedral was mainly built between 1215 and 1233, on top of an 11th-century crypt, but construction continued until the 1540s when the Renaissance-style dome replacing the spire at the top of the completed tower was completed. The most outstanding features of the cathedral are the Gothic choir from the first half of the 13th century, the stained glass windows from the 13th and 14th centuries, the particularly artistic apse chapel and ambulatory, the portals with remarkable statuary, three large rose windows and other windows from the 16th century, the transept facades, the crypt and the medieval frescoes.

Cathedral designed between the 13th and 17th centuries. A fire in the spire in 1668 requires reconstruction, as it destroys the vault by collapsing. Restorations take place in the 19th century.

The cathedral of Saint-Etienne d'Agde is the former fortified cathedral of the bishopric of Agde, which existed from the 5th century until 1790. In 1173, Bishop Guillaume undertook to fortify the building on the foundations of an old Romanesque church from the 5th century, built on the site of an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Diana. The cathedral is one of the finest examples of a fortified Romanesque church in the region. St. Stephen's Cathedral is an impressive cathedral because of its black colour due to the volcanic stone, its fortifications and its proportions.

Church started in 1420, it was first a chapel, then a church adjoining the Franciscan convent. It was gradually enlarged. During the Revolution, it was plundered but not destroyed.

The Cathedral of St John the Baptist is a 14th-century building in the Gothic style. It was built between 1324 and 1509, next to an older church dedicated to St. John, St. John the Elder, dating from the 12th-13th centuries, which survives on the north side.

Cathedral built in 1490 following the abandonment of the Cathedral of Notre Dame du Bourg during the Wars of Religion. It then underwent several alterations and remodelling until the 19th century, giving it its current appearance.

Its construction was decided after the Concordat of 1801, by Napoleon, and lasted from 1808 to 1818. It then took the name of Saint-Napoleon, to then become Saint-Louis (for Louis XVIII) then Saint-Vincent, its current name.

The present building was begun in 1282, and follows several older buildings, including a Romanesque cathedral of which traces remain. Its construction lasted until 1480, and its 18,000m² of painted frescoes make it the largest painted cathedral in Europe.

Church erected in 1070 by monks. It has undergone several phases of work and remodelling over the centuries to acquire its present appearance in the 20th century. In 1855, it became the Cathedral.

St. Vincent's Cathedral dates from the 11th century, although a first church may have been built as early as the 4th and 5th centuries on a former Gallo-Roman temple. The present cathedral was built over a long period between 1090 and 1522 in Romanesque (1090-1150) and then Gothic (1220-1522) style. The cathedral lost its title during the French Revolution.