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The church was built during the Restoration in the style of Roman basilicas. On its site stood a convent built for the Benedictines of the Blessed Sacrament. It was Etienne-Hippolyte Godde who in 1826 was commissioned by the city of Paris to build the current church on this site. The first stone was laid on 15 September 1826: a medal by the engraver Ursin Vatinelle, bearing the effigy of Charles X and the design of the projected façade, commemorates the event.

Built at the end of the 17th century on the site of the old village church according to the wishes of the Count of Avaux Jean-Jacques de Mesmes. Of an extravagant form, designed by a talented architect: the Dominican friar François Romain and by Fleury, an architect who lived on the spot, the shell was completed in 1683. The church was completed, received and blessed in 1685. A very original plan which is compared to the shape of a viol. Entirely built in brick, its architecture with colonnades, domes and cupolas is truly audacious. None of the walls of the building follow a straight line.

Built in the 11th century, the church of Saint-Eloi is in Romanesque style. Major restoration work was carried out from 2007 to 2010. Outside, the apse and the apsidiole have been cleared. Inside, mural paintings have been updated. The church of Saint-Eloi was a relay on the pilgrims' route to Santiago de Compostela. It was inaugurated in January 2010 and deserves a small detour...

Restored for nearly twenty years by the association of the Institute of the Good Shepherd in Bordeaux, which has occupied the premises since 2002, this church, of which only the facade is visible on the street, has a colourful decor and a warm and pious atmosphere, rendered in particular by the stained glass windows of the choir. It also benefits from a choice location, as it is in the middle of a historic district of Bordeaux.

Although the first church was built in the 12th century, recent excavations have found foundations dating back to the 9th century. This church is also marked by a role in the French Revolution: it was first looted and then used as a meeting place for the village revolutionaries. The church was classified as a Historic Monument in 1942.

The church of Saint-Éloi-et-Saint-Martin is a Gothic-style church whose construction began in 1523 on a former church whose 13th-century bell tower has survived. The church was sacked during the Revolution and its 16th century stained glass windows were destroyed. They were rebuilt identically in the second half of the 19th century. Closed from 2000 to 2009 because of its dilapidated state, the church was restored and in 2009 it received its additional dedication to Saint Eloi.

The Église Saint-Esprit of Crémarest is hidden in the folds of the countryside around Boulogne, and situated in the protected park of the Headlands and Marshes of the Opale Coast.

The church of Saint-Etienne de Clémont was originally built in the11th century, as was counted among the possessions of the abbey of Vierzon. However, nothing remains from this era. The church was rebuilt in the fifteenth century and heavily restored in 1896. The tympanum with lily flowers and rosettes are noteworthy, and typical of the fifteenth century. Funerary slabs, paintings and statuettes, and a tomb-style altar-tabernacle adorn the interior of the building.

The building, the oldest parts of which date back to the 12th and 13th centuries, seems to have been altered at the end of the 15th following a violent destruction, and has since undergone some modifications.

The patronage of this church belonged to the cathedral chapter of Limoges. Louis d'Aubusson, knight of St Jean de Jerusalem, commander of Charrières et Gentioux, founded a vicarage with a chaplain to serve it in 1468.