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The Romanesque church Notre Dame de Brissarthe was built in the 11th century on a Merovingian site and the remains of a primitive church. It was the first priory of the Abbey St Serge d'Angers and features an impressive nave. In 1730, lightning struck the tower, partially destroying it. The tower and a presbytery are rebuilt on the south arm of the transept. It was at this time that the priory was dissolved and the church became a simple parish church.

This Romanesque church was the chapel of a castle that has now disappeared. Renovated in 2009, part of its stained glass windows is contemporary while the rest is period.

A superb example of Romanesque architecture in Auvergne, this church has a nave and narrow aisles from the beginning of the 12th century, while its ambulatory, the radiating chapels and its two-story porch date from the end of the same century. By foot, access via the "Chemin des Dames" offers an interesting view of the building, which is one of the most famous Romanesque churches in Bourbonnais.

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption is a 12th century Romanesque building located in Garigny and features a Romanesque entrance made of three rows of carved and molded stones, above which figures can be seen in relief. The nave (12th century) ends with a chevet which was modified in the 16th century. A bell tower and its octagonal spire house two bells. The capitals of the nave and transept are decorated with Romanesque sculptures.

The church Notre-Dame, registered with the Historical Monuments, is located in Subdray, in region Center-Val de Loire. This Romanesque church dates from the 12th century, but only the bell tower and part of the original nave are still visible. Ravaged by the Hundred Years War, it was restored in the 15th century with a reconstruction of the choir with flat chevat and the appearance of two seigniorial chapels. Notre Dame du Subdray has been closed since June 2016 for security reasons.

Built at the end of the XIIIth century until the XV - XVIth century. It will undergo many damages under the bombings of the Second World War.

The parish church of Notre Dame is located in Magneville, in Lower Normandy, in the department of Manche. It is registered as a historic monument by decree of 19 December 1985. The church was built between the middle of the 12th and 13th centuries and enlarged in the fifteenth century. You can admire the choir, a jewel of Romanesque architecture and the baptismal font from the twelfth century.

This rather massive church has a Romanesque nave ending in the east with a semicircular apse; the north aisle was added in the 16th century. The interest of this church lies especially in the choir where the Romanesque capitals represent, in the south, Daniel then animals and a frustres character; in the north, the Temptation with the tree, the snake, Eve, Adam, a dressed character (God?) and a bird. The whole testifies to a rich repertoire of motifs that are innovative compared to what was being done in the kingdom at the same time.

This church is largely Gothic, however some is based on an old Romanesque part. Its construction spanned from the 14th century to the beginning of the 17th century. Built on the initiative of Louis II of Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon. Many works of art from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries are housed there, in particular Notre-Dame de MontluÁon (17th century), an Adoration of the Magi, a Saint John the Baptist carrying the lamb and one of the most beautiful virgins of Pitiè d'Auvergne, stone statue from the 15th century (furniture classified as a historic monument).

This religious building dates back to the 14th century but according to Arcisse de Caumont, it would have been largely rebuilt later. The openings were reworked in the 16th century, while the construction of the present western façade can be traced back to the 18th century thanks to an inscription dated 1766. The church remained abandoned throughout the 19th century. It is registered in the inventory of Historical Monuments in 1975 and restoration work was undertaken in the last quarter of the following century by a conservation association chaired by the mayor of the town: the frame, the roof, the paintings and pews of the time are then restored thanks to many donations and grants.