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Church of the diocese of Bourges, built in the second decade of the 20th century, which has the particularity of housing a shrine of Saint Barbara, patron saint of firemen and artillerymen. Legend has it that the invocation of the shrine protects the deceased who had no time to receive the last sacraments.

Sainte-Béatrice de Landrais church is located in Aunis in the Poitou-Charentes region. Built in the 13th century, it has walls with striking buttresses, reminiscent of its original construction in the Romanesque period. The church includes a single nave separated from the choir by an arch and a small bell tower which houses the Adelaide bell, cast in 1901. It houses a Louis XV altarpiece carved and painted stone of the seventeenth century.

The Sainte-Benoîte church is located in Lerzy, in the Hauts-de-France region. This fortified church was built in the late twelfth century. The bell tower remains from this time, and is listed as a historical monument. The building, in its current form, dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. On March 11, 2014, a fire destroyed the roof and caused extensive interior damage. Note the classified burial slab of Louis de Fournier, the Lord of Lerzy, who died in 1756.

Neo-Gothic style church, located in the heart of downtown Lyon. The construction work began in April 1863 and was completed in May 1869. The inauguration took place on 17 May, at a final cost of 413,000 francs. The lack of means prevented the realization of the spire initially planned; the latter was built thanks to a donation made by Father Vindry, parish priest of the parish in 1890.

The oldest part of this beautiful church is Romanesque dating probably from the 11th century. It is a building with a single nave with the choir from 1684 to which a side chapel and a massive fortified tower, rebuilt in 1954, have been added.

The construction of the Church of St. Dove dates back to the middle Middle Ages. The original nave was built between the 10th and 12th centuries before being demolished in the 13th or 14th century. The choir and the bell tower date from the 13th century. The framework covered with panelling dates back to the 17th century.

This 18th century Roman Catholic church is located in the Saint-Servan district. It stands out in the landscape with its blue granite architecture and its square tower topped by a dome. Inside there are 2 organs classified as historical monuments. The church is a vast building whose first stone was laid in 1715, replacing the old parish church of Saint-Servan which had become too small, and dated from the 16th and 17th centuries. All that remains of the old church is an arcade with a small human head in the northern base of the Holy Cross Church.

Building built in the 13th century by one of the Viscounts of Aubusson to house a fragment of the cross of Christ. In its present state, it is the result of a reconstruction in the 17th century, followed by rebuilding and enlargements in the 18th and 19th centuries.

A regional example of Gothic architecture completed in the early modern period and restored in the mid-18th century. The building was extended between 1901 and 1903 with a new western bay and a new façade.

Sainte-Eulalie Church is located in Vignevieille, in Occitania. It was mentioned in records as early as 1351, and the trace walled windows suggests an early Romanesque building. The church has a bell tower with two arches covering the western facade. A porch on the northern side of the buildings allows access through a pretty arched door decorated with wrought ironwork. Inside, there is a baptismal font from the Middle Ages and a classified ciborium from the eighteenth or nineteenth century.