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The church of Saint-Gilles de Fougy, a listed historical monument, is located in Bourg-Saint-Leonard, Normandy. This old chapel, built in the twelfth century, became, the following century, one of the fourteen priory-cures dependent on the Abbey of Silly-en-Gouffern. The value of this building lies in the exceptional decoration of the choir, dated from the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century.

The Church of Saint-Gonéry is located in Saint-Connec, in Brittany. The current building, built of schist and granite, replaced the old church at the end of the eighteenth century, under the oversight of the Guerlogoden family. The first stone of the original church was laid in 1784. Inside the church, there are the emblems of the Guerlogoden and Rohan families. An eighteenth century polychrome wooden altarpiece adorns the chevet, and the altarpiece of the high altar represents Saint Connec.

The Church of Saint Gregoire, listed as a Historic Monument, is located in Saint-Grégoire-du-Vièvre, Normandy. The church, built in the thirteenth century, was partly rebuilt after the Hundred Years War. The southern wall – rebuilt in the sixteenth century – has an alternating chessboard pattern of white stones and black-cut flint. You can see the graffiti of pilgrims representing characters and animals, as well as an amazing rebus that was probably made in the sixteenth century. The bell tower is from the 19th century.

The church stands in the heart of the village of the smallest commune of Finistère (with its 87 ha). The church of Saint-Guénolé rises near the Liberté oak tree, like an old lady who hasn't aged a day. A heritage phoenix, whose rescue is praised by the Locquenolesians.

The church of Saint Hilaire would have been built in the 11th century by monks belonging to the bishopric of Le Mans. Over the centuries, the church was enlarged and adapted to the needs of worship. In the 12th century, a high square tower was added to it, resembling a medieval defensive element. In the 13th century, the walls of the nave are covered with numerous wall paintings, completing some of the original ones.

The church Saint-Hippolyte de Combertault was built in the 11th century. Its particularity today is to be attached to an old house of the prior of the abbey of Combertault, which became the town hall of the village. It seems to have been remodelled, two parts being very distinct: the chevet seems much older. Inside, the small church of Combertault contains the important vestiges of a former abbey church from the first half of the 11th century as well as the most important Romanesque frescoes of the department.

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.