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A must-see place in Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, its high perched bell tower overhanging its stone staircase offers a breathtaking view of the town. Its facade, its bell tower and its huge stained glass windows with a strong symbolic, very marked on the aquatic theme: waterfalls, waves, etc... make the fame of this place.

The church was designed by Paul Abadie in 1874. The interior of the nave was inaugurated in 1891. The entire façade was completed in 1914. The consecration was made official on 16 October 1919. The church was then erected as a minor basilica. The building was officially completed in 1923 with the completion of the interior decoration. Paul Abadie managed the site until his death in 1884. He was succeeded by several architects, including Lucien Magne.

The Church of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Lourdes is a monumental concrete church in Art Deco style. The building was built from 1928 to 1936 as an Allied memorial of the First World War. The church was desecrated in 2010 and classified as a Walloon heritage site in 2011. Since May 2011, it is for sale.

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Christ is one of the three Catholic churches in the city dating from the pre-communist era. The Jesuit Church of the Sacred Heart was built from 1938 to 1939 on a basilica plan. It was designed by the architect Giovanni Santi in a neo-Romanesque style. In 1967, during the communist period, the church was closed and transformed into a cinema; the façade was then hidden in order to conceal the religious function of the building, and the frescoes were removed. However, the Catholic faithful used to come here to pray in secret. The church regained its religious function after the fall of the communist regime but lost its status as the city's main Catholic church with the construction of St. Paul's Cathedral in 2002.

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a 19th-century stone and wood structure that hosts services occasionally.

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was built between 1883 and 1885. It was severely damaged during the First World War. The new church was built next to the old one in 1933 according to Karl Paržik's design. In 1934 another sacristy was added. Albert Gruber was hired to create frescoes and wall decorations.

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was built from 1886 to 1934 by the architect Porta di Torino as a new parish towards the railway station. With the allied bombings in 1943, the bell tower was damaged, the bells requisitioned by the Germans, but soon the tower was recovered and a new bell tower was rebuilt. The church was built in a neo-Romanesque style with some neo-Gothic elements such as the rose window.

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Catholic church built between 1912 and 1919, the construction having been interrupted during the First World War. This neo-gothic church project by the architect Karl Salkovics is reminiscent of the Vienna Votivkirche.

The Church of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic church dating from the end of the 19th century. As the Jakobuskirche in Kissingen, built in the 14th century, was not designed for the ever increasing number of spa guests, a new church building became necessary in the 19th century. The foundation stone was laid on Saturday, 25th March 1882. The construction of the church, under the direction of the master builder Andreas Lohrey, was based on the plans of the Munich architect Karl von Leimbach in the neo-gothic style.

The Church of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic church that dates back to the end of the 19th century. At the initiative of Napoleon, a Catholic parish was founded in the area in 1806, initially based in Jena. In 1817 it was moved to Weimar. However, it was not until the second half of the 19th century that the congregation had so many members that a new church was planned.