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The Saint-Hippolyte church is located in Oisly, in the Center-Val de Loire region. The building was founded in the late 11th-early 12th century. It is assumed that it was dependent on the nearby Cornilly Abbey. The church is composed of a nave and a narrower choir with a flat chevet and a porch dating from 1850. Several objects are classified as Historical Monuments, including the baptismal font, the altarpiece and the high altar painting and the font.

Rebuilt in the 16th century on the banks of the river Elorn, enlarged by a southern porch in 1604, the church was transferred to the town centre between 1858 and 1861, thanks to funding from Napoleon III, and according to the plans of the diocesan architect Joseph Bigot, by the contractors Nestour and then by Laville and Jean-Louis Le Naour (bell tower). Neo-Gothic style building. Classical style bell tower. The south porch is a copy of the one in Lanhouarneau and bears the date 1604. Built in Kersanton stone, the porch served as a model for the builders of the surrounding parish enclosures.

The oldest parts of the present Church of Saint-Hubert date back to the 12th century. A new chancel was built in 1467. The portico was added in 1699 and the sacristy in 1750. There is a chapel originally built for the Lords of Clervaux on the south side of the church.

The church was rebuilt at the end of the 19th century, although it still has its tower from 1674. Its spire was completely rebuilt around 1877.

The church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur has stood in the In the hollow of the Champagne vineyards, since the twelfth century. In the eighteenth century, a new nave, a choir and late Gothic chapels were added to the building. In the 19th century, a bell tower was added and the nave modified once again. In the 20th century, the wooden ceiling was replaced by a stone ceiling and a new porch tower was built. The interior features many examples of classified furniture.

12th century church, Languedoc Gothic bell tower from the beginning of the 14th century, Romanesque chapel of the rosary. Historic site of the battle of Muret. Edifice enlarged and embellished over the centuries, contains a listed organ with an exceptional sound and some works of art. It should be noted that the reliquaries on either side of the high altar contain the relics of Saint James and Saint Dominic given by Pope Pius IX to Marshal Niel in 1850.

Founded in the twelfth century, the Church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur de Courcelles could be called a ‘trundle’ church because it is characterized by the juxtaposition of an old church partially enlarged in 1604, a monumental unfinished choir (1415) and a chapel (1656). Behind the banal 19th century facade century hides high quality furniture: baptismal font, a seventeenth century altarpiece and a magnificent Louis XIV style font of the same period.

The church of Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg, built between 1776 and 1787, is a "royal parish" and, since 1986, the cathedral of the diocese to the Belgian Armed Forces. The 18th century building replaces the castle chapel of the Coudenberg Palace and the church of the Coudenberg Abbey, both destroyed to make way for the church. In 1849, Tilman-François Suys replaced the old campanile with an imperial wooden bell tower with four bells and, in 1851, Jean-François Portaels decorated the pediment with a fresco.

The church of Saint-Jean Berchmans is a neo-Romanesque religious building which is part of the large complex of the Collège Saint-Michel. Built from 1908 to 1912, the church is dedicated to Saint John Berchmans, a young Belgian Jesuit, who was canonized in 1888. The architect Joseph Prémont was inspired by the Rhineland Romanesque basilica Saint-Servais in Maastricht (18th century). The façade is an apse flanked by two towers. Two Romanesque portals open on either side of the false apse. The liturgical and pastoral services are provided by Jesuit fathers.

The church of St Jean de L'Aigle dates from the twelfth century. It has a nave of five spans, extended by a choir (late twelfth century) of three spans. In the fifteenth century, a Gothic bell tower was added, which is decorated with flamboyant Gothic statues. The church wass damaged during the bombings of 1944. Inside, you can admire the wooden altarpiece of the high altar and many classified decorative objects.