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The first stone was laid in 1824. The realization was entrusted to Jean-Baptiste Lepère and taken over in 1831 by his genus Jean-Ignace Hittorf. The work was slowed down by the Revolution of 1830 but the church was finally consecrated in 1844. The Chapel of the Virgin Mary was built between 1869 and 1870. It was Napoleon III who offered the sculpture of the Virgin Mary made by Carrier-Belleuse.

Because of its location above a high plateau, the church literally dominates the city. Here stood the important fortified castle of the Dukes of Burgundy and the bishops of Langres, of which only a few sections of the walls remain. A church preserving the relics of Saint-Vorles existed there since the 9th century. The collegiate church built at the beginning of the 11th century by the bishop of Langres is one of the oldest Romanesque buildings in Burgundy. The Lombard bands that decorate the exterior of the church are characteristic of the so-called Lombard art, found in the contemporary churches of Saint-Philibert de Tournus and Saint-Bénigne de Dijon, but which is rare in this northern part of Burgundy. A rather Ottonian or Carolingian influence can be noticed in the westbau of the church, which is a real two-storey western transept crowned by a bell tower, reminiscent of the great Rhine churches.

The present nave of the church was built in the 16th century as a hall church. The fresco paintings date back to the corresponding building periods. The three-sided apse dates from the 18th century. The three-sided apse dates from the 18th century, as does the entrance portal, which bears the date 1750. They were rediscovered in 1952 during extensive restoration work.

The Church of Saint-Wulphy de Rue dates back to the early 7th century. It was dedicated to Saint-Wulphy, one of Rue's first priests. Pilgrimages around a crucifix washed up in 1101 led to the church being enlarged and embellished.

The present church, dedicated to St. Yves (patron saint of judges and lawyers) was built during the 16th and 17th centuries, on the site of the former castral chapel dating from the Middle Ages. Despite the extraordinary finesse of the sculptures of the south portal or the double-gallery bell tower, considered to be one of the most beautiful in Leon, it is inside the church that the wonder reaches its peak: starting with the polychrome oak rood screen with its grotesque figures, the sandpits mixing religious and secular scenes, or the large stained glass window of the Passion made in 1539 (2nd largest stained glass window in Brittany with 21.05 m²). The Renaissance stained-glass window bears witness to the Flemish influence in Breton art (in the 16th century, Brittany occupied a prominent place in the trade between the Netherlands and Spain).

Dedicated to Saint Gertrude, this former chapel, located in the heart of old Tenneville, was one of the most distant possessions from Nivelles Abbey around 1059. Dependent on the parish church of Cens, it was only erected as a parish in 1586 following the Council of Trent. Archaeological examination revealed a succession of three buildings over the centuries. Nowadays, all that remains is the tower of the bell tower stretching up to the sky in the enclosure of the old cemetery where centuries-old tombstones still stand.

The Church of Sainte Joanne d'Arc at Le Touquet-Paris-Plage is the first church in France to be dedicated to Saint Joan of Arc, at the request of the British Catholics.

This beautiful church is located right next to the town hall of Ersa. Its facade attracts the eye and invites the visitor to enter.

The village of Les Trois-Lucs only began to develop at the beginning of the 20th century, with the arrival of the tramway linking this remote location to the heart of Marseille. Soon, the need for a place of worship was felt. The Camau-Parenque family offered a piece of land on the express condition that the chapel to be built there would be dedicated to Saint Rita in memory of their deceased daughter. The parish priest, Father Jean-Baptiste Gandolfi, is in charge of the construction of the building. Modest, made of bricks, it was inaugurated in 1932 by Mgr Dubourg, Bishop of Marseille.

The present Church of Sainte Trinité was built in 1894 replacing an earlier 15th-century chapel. Most of the old furniture was preserved in the newly built building. Unfortunately, an old Gothic choir with frescoes was demolished in the 20th century.