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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.

The church of Saint John the Evangelist was founded by bishop Notger around 980 and he is buried here. It was rebuilt between 1750 and 1765 following the original octagonal plan. Listed as outstanding Wallonia patrimony, it shelters three mediaeval works of art.

Built at the very beginning of the 11th century, the collegiate church of Notre-Dame (which housed a college of nine canons) is a Romanesque building. The nave, very simple, gives the whole complex a certain breadth. The 13th century bell tower, of composite architecture (reuse of elements from the 11th century and repair of the roof after the fire of 1910) is built in a break in the slope and dominates the wide and beautiful valley of the Yèvre.

The collegiate church of Notre-Dame dates from the 12th century, its construction was begun around 1190 by the first of the Lords of Neuchâtel, Ulrich II (1148-1191). Most of the construction was completed around 1270-1280. The collegiate church blends the Gothic, Rhineland Romanesque and Burgundian styles characterised by glazed tiles on the roof.

Built in the 13th and 14th c., one of the most refined churches of the Burgundian Gothic style watches over the medieval town in the company of a whole grotesque little world hanging from its cornices. The porch with its flamboyant pinnacles, the radiating chapels of the apse and the reliefs of the tympanum of the Porte des Bleds are remarkable, as are the interior decoration, the furniture and the stained glass windows. The large classified organs date from the 18th century.