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The chapel of the Château de Callac is located in Plumelec, Brittany, and dates back to the 12th century. The current Château was built in the 14th century and enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries. It was then redeveloped in the 17th century with the four pavilions. The small private chapel, is inseparable from the castle of Callac, which is classified with the Historical Monuments.

The chapel of the castle Montabon is located in Noyen-sur-Sarthe in Pays de Loire. Built in the 17th century, it is the only surviving element of the original Montabon seigniorial estate. In the 19th century, the castle and its outbuildings were destroyed and subsequently rebuilt. The square chapel has a choir with a flat chevet, that is vaulted with ogives and lit by three windows.

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Small chapel on a hill between the village of Asomatos and the parking near the entrance to Kourtaliotiko Gorge.

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The Chapel Nossa Senhora da Rocha is located on top of a cliff overlooking the sea. In the 16th century it was surrounded by a wall.

The chapel of Notre-Dame of Goz-Iliz is located in Camarel (commonly known as Pleudaniel), in Brittany. Notre-Dame-de-Goz-Iliz (meaning "old church" in Breton) is located in the charming wooded valley of the Camarel cove on the edge of the Trieux. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and sailors lost at sea.

The chapel Notre-Dame de Mariette, Beaumont-Pied-de-Boeuf was founded in the twelfth century by the nuns of the abbey of Etival-en-Charnie in the Sarthe. The name Mariette (little Marie) comes from the nuns who consecrated their oratory to Marie-Enfant. From the fourteenth to the nineteenth century the chapel underwent multiple modifications and renovations. Every year since the 19th century a pilgrimage has been organised on the Sunday closest to the feast of the Nativity, in honor of Marie-Enfant.

Built in the 15th century on a place rich in remains from the Neolithic era, Roman and feudal, the chapel Notre Dame de Penmern stands near the Gulf of Morbihan. The Romanesque chapel was enlarged in the eighteenth and 19th century. Its simple architecture highlights its decorative elements, some of which are classified: a blue vault adorned with stars and 2 models of ships.

Located in Laroque-des-Albères in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the chapel Notre-Dame de Tanya was founded in the 11th century. It includes a trilobed chevet, which is a rare architectural element in the region. Inside, an epigraphic stone carries the first known representation of the coat of arms of Laroque.