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The church of St. Anthony is dedicated to St. Anthony, the Egyptian whose body was brought back from Constantinople to La Motte aux Bois in the eleventh century. It is thought that in the 13th century the Baron de Calvinet founded the commandery of the hospital order of Saint-Antoine de Viennois on the site of the current church. Wars of religion contributed to the destruction of the hospital, with only the chapel of the Commandery surviving Calvinist destruction and the Revolution.

This vast church with three naves in the town centre on the banks of the Vesdre is in a pleasing environment and gives a pleasant impression on entering it. It was repainted in 2009 in contrasting tones, sometimes a classic pale, sometimes an audacious and contemporary bordeaux which gives an impression of warmth

The Saint Arnould church of Bougainville is located in the center of a small town in the Somme. Built from stone in the 16th and 17th centuries, the church is made up of a nave of three spans, flanked by a bell tower on which hangs a turret of stairs, a choir and a sacristy. Partially destroyed during the revolution of 1789, the nave was rebuilt in the 19th century while a chevet was rebuilt in the 20th century. You can admire a wooden virgin and a holy water font.

The Church of Saint-Aubin is located in Mesnil-sous-Vienne, in Normandy. It was built in the 11th century, named in texts in the 13th and 14th centuries and largely rebuilt in the sixteenth century. The frame is vaulted on the four vessels of the building. A statue of St. Catherine of Alexandria (sixteenth century) is listed as an historic monument. The building is covered with an apparent frame and the outer walls are polychrome checkerboard.

The Church of Saint-Aubin is located in Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, in Normandy. The church was built in 3 stages: the oldest part, the northern nave, was built in the 12th century, and then the stone bell tower was added in the 13th century. A second nave was added, to the east of the first, in the 16th century. Under the sacristy is a burial vault of the Houdetot family that houses two coffins.

Designed according to the plans of the architect Auguste Delort, the church was built on the site of a former vast cemetery common to the parishes of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Sernin, Notre-Dame-du-Taur and Saint-Michel, which was in use from 1780 to 1840, before being disused in favour of that of Terre-Cabade. Faced with the impatience of the inhabitants of the district, a first parish service was established as early as 1849 following the completion of the first crypts. Due to a lack of financial means, the work progressed chaotically. Seven years later, despite its official opening for worship, the church is far from being completed. Even today, its bell tower and vaults have still not been completed.

The Church of Saint-Aubin-et-Saint-Agip is located in Saint-Aubin-d'Ecrosville, in Normandy. It combines the late Gothic style with the more dominant Renaissance style. The facade, the nave and the aisles date from the sixteenth century, while the choir and the sacristy were added in the eighteenth century. The beautiful western facade provides remarkable decoration of the interior.

The church of Saint-Augustin was built in 1935. The church is an example of Art Deco religious architecture in Belgium. The architects Léon Guiannotte and André Watteyne were commissioned to draw up the plans for the church. Most of the work was carried out in two years (1933-1935). In the 1980s, the building deteriorated badly, but thanks to the new interest in art deco in Brussels, the church escaped demolition (requested by the engineers of the Brussels metro) and was classified as a national heritage site in 1988.

The church of Saint-Aventin is a Romanesque church dating from the end of the 11th and 12th centuries. It is composed of a nave with a semi-dome vaulted apse and two side aisles each with an apse. The open belfry with semicircular bays dates from the 11th century. The main interest of this small mountain church lies in its lapidary heritage, in particular its portal whose tympanum is decorated with a Christ in Majesty whose mandorla is supported by four angels each bearing a symbol of the four evangelists.

Church built on the initiative of Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of Louis XI, regent of the kingdom and viscountess of Carlat. The construction is undertaken from 1503 to 1522.