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Listed as a Historic Monument in 1845, its construction dates from the end of the 11th and beginning of the 12th century, this building is one of the most imposing and beautiful monuments of Romanesque art in Berry. This church is particularly remarkable for its large number of sculpted capitals. There are 131 of them, illustrating the struggle of man confronted with demonic forces.

The church was built in the 12th century, although the oldest mention of the church dates back to 1201, at the chartier d'Aubignac. The bell tower would have been raised in the 16th century.

The Church of Saint-Georges d’Hermaville was listed as a Historical Monument in 1926. The building was rebuilt in 1782 ( nave and sanctuary) on the site of the previous church, whose architecture is known due to the water-colour drawings of the albums of Croy (no. 18) which represented the village at the beginning of the 17th century.

The church was built in the 12th and 15th centuries, the choir is Romanesque. The bell tower dates from 1534. The stone baptismal font is from the 17th century. The remarkable bell tower is a polygonal tower which rises on three levels and surmounted by a dome. The main façade is a flat gable wall pierced by a large rose window on the upper level. Inside, the nave has three bays framed by four buttresses and three-pointed arch bays with infills on the south side of the building. The choir has two bays, with two elongated round-arched bays and a round-arched door also on the westernmost bay. The chevet-apse chapel is pierced with three fine round-arched bays topped by a rose window.

The Saint-Georges church is located in Méallet, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The church dates back to the 12th century, and some parts of its original Romanesque constructions remain. The main part of the church was rebuilt in the fifteenth century for its reshaping of ogival style. When entering this building, one is struck by the elegance of the vaults which rest on robust ogival ribs being supported on caps representing heads. Several objects are classified as historical monuments (a holy water font, an altar-tabernacle, a chalice).

The church was originally the priory of the women's abbey of La Vassin (Saint-Donat). During the wars of religion, the church was used as barracks (there are still remains of machicolation).

The Church of Saint-Georges is located in Saint-Georges-de-la-Rivière, in Normandy. The flat chevet building was built in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and later reworked. This remarkable construction was created as a lookout point to watch the sea, providing defense, and this is shown by the turret, in which there are loopholes and a guard room. There is also a caquetoire on the south facade. There are also several classified objects including a carved piece representing St. George slaying the dragon.

The Church of St. George, listed as a historical monument, is located in Vinneuf, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. From its original construction in the twelfth or thirteenth century, only the Romanesque portal remains. Its bell tower was built in a defensive style in the fourteenth century; the "imperial" dome dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. The building houses remarkable furniture including a sixteenth century altarpiece retracing, in 12 bas-reliefs, the life of Saint George.

The present Church of St. Germain of Biéville was built in the 18th century on pre-existing religious buildings from the 15th century. With a classical style on the outside, the interior of the church contains furniture from the 17th and 18th centuries, including a high altar and an altarpiece classified as a Historical Monument in 1980, as well as the tabernacles of the side altars classified as ISMH in 2007.

Rebuilt at the end of the 14th century, the church was not completed until 1732. It offers a particular blend of architectural styles. Begun in a flamboyant Gothic style (literally, with many flame-shaped motifs), the building was completed in a Renaissance style rich in columns. This difference in styles is particularly visible from the outside. The church is illuminated all year round, as soon as night falls.