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Église Catholique Collégiale Saint-Pierre d'Aire-sur-la-Lys has been a parish church since 1802.

Collegiate Saint-Pierre is located in Tonquédec, in Brittany. The oldest parts of the building date back to the fifteenth century, and the bell tower was added in the eighteenth century. The church was erected as a collegiate church in the 15th century by Jean de Ploeuc, bishop of Tréguier. The collegiate church was later restored several times, notably in the 19th century. Inside, there is a remarkable fifteenth century canopy, composed of 16 stained glass windows.

The church was originally a Romanesque church built to house a college of twelve canons regular, founded in 1061 and 1078 by the Count of Aquitaine, William VI.

The collegiate church of Sant'Andrea dates back to the 12th century. During the 14th century, the church underwent works that changed its appearance: the nave was rebuilt and enlarged, chapels and the transept were built and the church was enlarged to its present dimensions.

The Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta was built in its present neo-classical form from 1863 onwards. However, the existence of the church is attested since the 11th century. By the end of the 18th century, the building was so unsafe that a first restoration was attempted in 1787, but an earthquake in 1806 destroyed the work. The northern part of the church was restored again and the oratory of St. Nicholas was converted into a baptistery. In 1863, the building was damaged again, so much so that it was demolished and rebuilt in its present form.

Popularly known as La Seu, the basilica was built in the local Gothic style. The construction of it spanned for more than two centuries. The church consists only of one central nave with lateral chapels. Its austere architectural style was once supplemented with rich interior decorations of altarpieces, paintings and sculptures, which disappeared during the Spanish Civil War.

The collegiate basilica Notre-Dame de Beaune is one of the last great Romanesque churches in Burgundy. Its construction was undertaken in the middle of the 12th century on the Clunisian model and was completed at the beginning of the following century, preserving a remarkable stylistic unity. It is polychrome but carved in fruit wood which has darkened over time. Nevertheless, it is with fervour and devotion that the medieval Beaunois went in procession with the Virgin during the plague epidemics that lasted until the 16th century.

The Collegiate Basilica of St. Nicholas was founded in the 13th century. From the mid-16th century until its end and again during the Swedish flood (1656-1659), the church was evangelical. In 1896 a complete renovation of the façade in the neo-gothic spirit took place, the interior was given new polychrome and stained glass windows. During the war, in 1945, the church suffered heavy losses. The reconstruction took place in the years 1946-1949.

Sharing the limelight with Tattershall Castle is Lincolnshire's grandest Perpendicular church, a collegiate foundation of the mid 15th century.

The foundation of the Collegiate Church of John the Baptist dates back to 1298. In 1697, the foundation of the high altar took place. The church has been damaged several times by destruction and fire. The church, which was Lutheran from 1593, became Roman Catholic after the Second World War.