The church was consecrated by Pope Innocent II in 1107, while only the apse was built. The portal of the Last Judgment was built around 1130-1140, and in the 15th century, the apse was rebuilt and the central bell tower also, in addition, the side chapels of the nave were built. In 1860, the restoration of Viollet-le-Duc began: rebuilding the towers, reinforcing the piles, and replacing some capitals with copies.
Founded in 1987, the Boulaye temple, also named the Thousand Buddha Temple, the three story building was built in the Bhutanese style, with Buddha statues of different sizes, numerous paintings and murals.
Paldenshangpa La Boulaye is a Buddhist meditation centre occupied by the Dashang Kagyu Ling religious congregation. It was founded in 1974 by French disciples of Lama Kalu Rinpoche. The Bhutanese style temple, built on the model of the Samye Monastery, was inaugurated in 1987 under the name "Temple of a Thousand Buddhas". The complex houses "Thangkas" (paintings), statues of Gautama Buddha, Tara, Padmasambhava and since 1980, the site also includes a large stupa.
Considered one of the most beautiful testimonies of Romanesque architecture in Burgundy, a recent renovation completed in 2007 highlights this jewel built in the 12th century on the ruins of an abbey founded in the 8th century to protect the relics of the martyrs Saint Andoche, Saint Thyrse and Saint Felix.
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