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The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption is located in Tellières-le-Plessis, in Normandy. The Romanesque portal dates from the late twelfth century while the rest of the current building probably dates back to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. A robust steeple surmounts the first bay of nave; two lateral altars frame the entrance of the choir. The interior is decorated with three beautiful 19th century wooden altarpieces and a lectern and stalls from the same period.

Built in the 13th century style with limestone infill, it consists of a nave with shed-covered aisles, a projecting two-bay transept and a choir surrounded by a walkway opening on to two sacristies and a polygonal hipped covered chapel. Gargoyles in the shape of fantastic animals adorn the top of the walls.

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, listed as an historical monument, is located in Warhem, Hauts-de-France. The first religious services were celebrated there in 1208. Of the original church, destroyed in the sixteenth century, there remains only the tower. It is a "church-hall" style building, with three Gothic style naves. The church is furnished with remarkable furniture and several classified objects.

The church of Notre-Dame de la Couture was part of a rich abbey built outside the walls. It was built in two programs: first from 1060 and then around 1160.

The church Notre-Dame de la Dalbade is located rue de la Dalbade in the district of the Carmes in Toulouse. It should not be confused with the basilica of the Daurade on the quay of the same name. Its current name comes from the old church which preceded it and which was covered with a white plaster (lime), giving it the name of Santa Maria dealbata (Sainte-Marie la blanche). The present building, rather austere on the outside, is typical of southern Gothic architecture. The first church stood from 541 to the end of the 15th century on the site of the first oratory. It was destroyed by fire on October 27, 1442 along with the rest of the district. In spite of its disappearance, the current name of the Dalbade (which derives from the dealbata) is preserved.

The origin of the chapel of Our Lady of the Gardie Conques-sur-Orbiel dates back to 1253. It was destroyed several times from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, and was sold during the Revolution before being enlarged and restored in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. There are the relics of Saint Flavie and a virgin of the fourteenth century, and the statue of N. D. de la Gardie from the sixteenth century attracts many pilgrims.

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption) is located in Lavaqueresse, a small village with 201 inhabitants about 10 km north-east of the town of Guise in the Département Aisne in the région Hauts-de-France. The church was built in the 17th century, during a time of a succession of wars. It is a fortified church that could protect the surrounding population in times of need. In the choir, we can admire vaults dating from the sixteenth century: they are decorated with floral and royal motifs, which were painted in 1899.

Romanesque church of the 13th century. The square tower that rises above the old transept, now deprived of its side aisles, dates from the Romanesque period, as do the flat chevet and the large arcades. The rough-styled portal, with an irregular tonic hanger engraved with leaves, is undoubtedly posterior to the whole.

Notre-Dame church is an old abbey church from the 11th century, rebuilt in the 14th century. The place of worship today is a composite building in Romanesque and Gothic style, behind a classical and neoclassical bell tower.

The present church is dated 1891, following a first older building, which was demolished. The stained glass windows and the roof were damaged during the Second World War.