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In 1882, Father Debras was already thinking of building a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Seeing the deplorable state of the district known as "Le Cailloux", he intended to echo the Marian devotion of Abbé G. Bellanger (1861-1902) in this somewhat isolated area to the north of the city, while paying homage to the Patroness of Soldiers. Having never seen his work finished, it was Abbé Debout who took over the work in 1906. The new parish was given a vicar, Peugnet, who launched the bulletin "Notre-Dame des Armées" and a subscription in order to collect funds to continue the work on the church.

The church of Notre-Dame-des-Champs was built between 1867 and 1876. The architecture of the present church is in the Romanesque style. Its construction was entrusted to Léon Ginain, architect, from 1867 to 1876 and the contractor was Eugène Bonté. It was built during the rectorship of Abbé Cognat. The work was interrupted during the 1870 war and then resumed until its completion. The church was built on a very old church site. After the conversion of the Paris region to Christianity, a temple on this site was already dedicated to the Virgin Mary and named Notre-Dame-des-Vignes, as the area was then surrounded by vineyards.

Built in the 19th century, started in 1834 and finished in 1848.

The church of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil is located on the site of the former chapel of the Maison des Frères de Saint Vincent de Paul. The church was completed in 1898 and became a parish in 1948.

As early as 1825, the parishioners of Haut-Pont claimed a church to meet the growing influx of faithful. The architect from Lille, Charles Leroy, had his plan imposed and laid the first stone on 4 October 1854 and the church was inaugurated on 8 October 1859, even though it was not completely finished by that date (end of around 1879).

Construction started in 1052. The work was not completed until 1486 with the erection of the spire of the transept crossing. The cathedral was closed to worship during the French Revolution: it was then transformed into a fodder store. Unlike many churches in France, it did not suffer from vandalism, looting or destruction.

Work will start very slowly in 1447. The consecration of the church is carried out on January 15, 1542 by Barthélemy Portolenqui, bishop of Troyes, whereas the nave is covered only with a simple wooden frame.

The church of Saint-Aignan owes its name to the bishop of Orléans around 400, when a pre-Romanesque church already stood there, later replaced by other buildings which were burnt down in the 11th century and again in 1262. The crypt, well lit by windows overlooking the Rue Saint-Pierre below, dates from the end of the 15th century, but the present building dates from the early 16th century. The turret on the left dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. The church of Saint-Aignan was the parish of the counts of Blois and Chartres.

Église Saint-Algis is located in Saint-Algis, a small village with 151 inhabitants about about halfway between the towns of Guise and Hirson in the Département Aisne in the région Hauts-de-France.

The Saint-Ambroise church was built in the eclectic style between 1863 and 1868 on a former chapel dating from 1659. The chapel was destroyed during the construction of the Boulevard du Prince Eugène, renamed Boulevard Voltaire in 1870. During the Commune in 1871, without preventing worship, the church was the headquarters of the Ambroise club, known as the proletarians' club, which included feminist speakers. This club published the newspaper "Le prolétaire".