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The present church is built on the site of the first Jesuit chapel built in 1610 and destroyed in 1740 in a fire. In 1743, the architect Dominique Delesalle drew up the plans for the new church and the foundation stone was laid under the direction of the architect François Joseph Gombert, who had already worked on the church of the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites in Lille.

Saint-Etienne is one of the most interesting Romanesque churches because of the purity of its style and architectural features. Built from the 11th century, it was listed as a National Monument in 1840.

The church of Saint-Etienne was built between 1855 and 1860. After several proposals, the project of the Haut-Rhin architect Jean-Baptiste Schacre was finally chosen, on the recommendation of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. The new neo-Gothic style building will have a bell tower-porch, a nave with side aisles, a transept, a choir surrounded by an ambulatory and radiating chapels. The original stained glass windows are partially preserved, those in the aisles were destroyed during the Second World War and replaced.

The church of Saint-Eusèbe, founded in the 11th century, is the church of the monastery of Saint-Eusèbe founded by Saint Pallade, bishop of Auxerre from 622 to 657. Its oldest foundation dates back to the 6th century. In 1523, the chevet of the church collapsed due to lack of maintenance. The reconstruction of the church began in 1530, possibly as part of a total reconstruction of the church, and used the Renaissance style.

The church of Saint-Eutrope is a former collegiate church built in its present form between 1858 and 1862 in the neo-Gothic style. It replaced a medieval building probably dating from the 11th century and destroyed in 1858. The building underwent a major renovation project which was completed in 2015.

Completed in 1888, the church built by the architect Ledru on the ruins of an old church presents a set of stained glass windows (1900) by the master Félix Gaudin. The interior painted decoration, for which the building is famous, was created between 1890 and 1930 by Abbé Boudal.

The church of Saint Francis, known as the Church of the Italians, is the former sanctuary of the first monastery of the Visitation Order of Saint Mary, founded in 1610. During the French Revolution, the church was transformed into a factory. It was returned to worship in 1923 and restored in 2003.

The foundation stone was laid on August 29, 1857. The work was carried out by the contractor Adolphe Crouy and the carpenter-joiner A. Lacour. The church was blessed on December 15, 1859, consecrated on July 4, 1868 and given to the city on May 25, 1868. After the damages of the Second World War, it was restored from 1951 to 1959 according to the plans of the architect Yves Laloy, by the masonry firm Jean Lapouille d'Hazebrouck. The sculpted capitals are of Donlinger marble-sculptor.

The church of Saint-Geniès is a sober baroque church that was built in 1625, on the site of a 13th-century church that had become dilapidated. It is distinguished by its elegant façade, decorated with pilasters, with, under the pediment, the statue of Gérard Tenque, born in Martigues in 1040, and founder of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. It was sculpted in the years 1880-1890 by a craftsman from Martigues, Nazaire Bertrand.

The building, probably built by Saint Antoninus in the 13th century, also had later additions: the nave and the staircase adjacent to the crossing date back to the 15th century. The church was renovated in the 19th century.