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The church was originally the priory of the women's abbey of La Vassin (Saint-Donat). During the wars of religion, the church was used as barracks (there are still remains of machicolation).

The Church of Saint-Georges is located in Saint-Georges-de-la-Rivière, in Normandy. The flat chevet building was built in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and later reworked. This remarkable construction was created as a lookout point to watch the sea, providing defense, and this is shown by the turret, in which there are loopholes and a guard room. There is also a caquetoire on the south facade. There are also several classified objects including a carved piece representing St. George slaying the dragon.

The Church of St. George, listed as a historical monument, is located in Vinneuf, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. From its original construction in the twelfth or thirteenth century, only the Romanesque portal remains. Its bell tower was built in a defensive style in the fourteenth century; the "imperial" dome dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. The building houses remarkable furniture including a sixteenth century altarpiece retracing, in 12 bas-reliefs, the life of Saint George.

The present Church of St. Germain of Biéville was built in the 18th century on pre-existing religious buildings from the 15th century. With a classical style on the outside, the interior of the church contains furniture from the 17th and 18th centuries, including a high altar and an altarpiece classified as a Historical Monument in 1980, as well as the tabernacles of the side altars classified as ISMH in 2007.

Rebuilt at the end of the 14th century, the church was not completed until 1732. It offers a particular blend of architectural styles. Begun in a flamboyant Gothic style (literally, with many flame-shaped motifs), the building was completed in a Renaissance style rich in columns. This difference in styles is particularly visible from the outside. The church is illuminated all year round, as soon as night falls.

The choir dates back to the 12th century. The northern wall was built in the 16th century, as well as a chapel between the choir and the nave. Other elements of the nave were modified at that time, as well as the construction of the western portal. A large yew tree conceals the gabled entrance façade consisting of two levels. It is pierced by a semi-circular portal supported by buttresses and surmounted by a bay. The bell tower crowns the ridge at the western end of the nave. Square in cross-section, it is pierced with bays fitted with soundproofing and topped with a pavilion spire.

Located in Dollot in the Yonne, the Saint Germain church dates from the 12th century, but was largely rebuilt in the 16th century. The building thus has both traces of a very distant past and elements of construction over the following centuries. The church also has interesting furniture, part of which is listed as a Historic Monument.

The Church of St. Germain was rebuilt from the 1450s in a flamboyant Gothic style, of which it is a particularly accomplished example, with contrasting voids and solids, play of light, extreme thinness of the pillars, a broken barrel vault panelled in a continuous interior space. The reconstruction lasted more than a century. Around 1610, it was extended by the reconstruction of the southern transept.

Built between the 12th and 14th centuries, it was classified as a historical monument in 1862. Saint-Germain Church, a historic monument located in the town centre, underwent major works as soon as its construction was completed. Whether due to storms or natural aging, renovations are undertaken regularly. Built over two centuries, from 1150 to 1280, this church presents many architectural styles: late Romanesque for the original bell tower, Gothic for the construction of the current vessels, radiant Gothic for the choir.

A first Romanesque church was built in the 12th century. There are still traces of this first church in the foundations of the tower.