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Chapel built in 1861.

Notre-Dame Church (formerly Saint-Dominique) is a Baroque church built at the end of the 17th century. Completely renovated in 1982, it has a remarkable acoustics that allows to organize concerts.

In 1214, Adrien de Wissant had a church built dedicated to Notre-Dame and erected as a parish in 1224. This church became the northern transept of the current building when the first expansion work was undertaken at the end of the 17th century.

Its construction, begun in 1223, was only completed after several building campaigns up to the 17th century. Unique of its kind in France, Notre-Dame is probably the only church of Tudor influence in continental Europe. Its external appearance is similar to that of the cathedrals of Winchester, Rochester and Gloucester: it has neither buttresses nor buttresses, unlike most French cathedrals.

First construction campaign between 1540 and 1560, addition in 1648 of the Chapel of the Passion. The vaults as well as the stone portal only date from the 19th century.

This building is the church of the former Benedictine priory (north nave). In the 7th century, Bishop Saint-Priest founded a women's monastery here, which in 1165 adopted the Rule of St Benedict, in obedience to the Abbey of Mozat.

Originally a simple chapel, the building site of the church extended over several centuries, as it was stopped several times due to lack of financial means but also because of the Hundred Years War. The building started around 1304 and was completed in 1566.

The construction of the church began in 1494 and was completed in 1535, following the destruction of the previous one by the Hundred Years' War. The tower was destroyed by fire in 1887, which led to its reconstruction, but it collapsed 13 years later, weakened by the fire.

Pre-Romanesque church rebuilt at the end of the 12th century, situated on a basalt spur. The church was built during the Romanesque period on the site of the chapel dedicated to Saint-Baudime, and preserves Romanesque parts amidst Gothic additions. The building had a pyramidal bell tower destroyed around 1813 or 1814 and replaced at that time by the present bell tower.

Church whose nave dates from the 13th century, the south transept dates from the 13th-14th century, the rest of the building, except for the apse, dates from the 10th century. The apse is the most recent and dates from the 16th century. Restored in 1948 and 1957, after having been 80% destroyed by bombing.