The Church of St. Joseph is a Belgian national sanctuary dedicated to the country's patron saint, St. Joseph. The church was built from 1842 to 1849 as part of the development of the district. The church, with its blue limestone façade, matches the shape of the newly built Place Frère-Orban at the time, based on an urban project by the same architect. Since 2001, the church has been owned by the Society of Saint Pius X.
The church of Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg, built between 1776 and 1787, is a "royal parish" and, since 1986, the cathedral of the diocese to the Belgian Armed Forces. The 18th century building replaces the castle chapel of the Coudenberg Palace and the church of the Coudenberg Abbey, both destroyed to make way for the church. In 1849, Tilman-François Suys replaced the old campanile with an imperial wooden bell tower with four bells and, in 1851, Jean-François Portaels decorated the pediment with a fresco.
The Church of the Fathers of the Blessed Sacrament is a Neo-Gothic religious building and convent building built respectively in 1874 and 1884. In 1932, an additional floor was added to the annexe building at the back of the church. In 1976, the interior volume of the church was profoundly modified by the installation of a false ceiling and a separation wall shortening the choir.
The Saint-Josse church is a neo-baroque church built in 1867 by the architect Jules-Jacques Van Ysendyck. It is a listed monument since 2009.
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