The cathedral was formerly a church belonging to the abbey of Saint-Claude. The abbey had three churches, only St. Peter's Cathedral was preserved. The building became a cathedral in 1742, after the creation of a diocese in Saint-Claude.
The Saint Christopher church is dedicated to Saint Christopher, a martyr, who is the patron saint of travellers. It dominates the town of La Tour-du-Meix in the Jura. The original 12th century building was rebuilt in the 15th century by the abbot of St Claude. The church includes a bell tower and a Romanesque nave extended by a choir leaning against the rock at the top of the ridge. The bell tower contains one of the oldest Jura bells. This church shelters an imposing statue of Saint Christopher.
The mosque in Geneva, inaugurated in 1978, is the largest mosque in French-speaking Switzerland and one of the four Swiss mosques to have a 22-metre high minaret. The building includes a conference room, a library, a school and a mortuary for the ritual purification of funerals.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Geneva is the main Catholic church in Geneva, the former St Peter's Cathedral having become a Protestant temple. The Notre-Dame church was built according to Alexandre Grigny's design between 1852 and 1857 on the site of a former fortification bastion. This neo-gothic building was partly inspired by Notre-Dame de Bonsecours and Saint-Nicolas of Nantes.
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