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The oldest part of the church dates from the 11th century. Two Romanesque windows seem to remain today. The building was rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries. To the north two buttresses delimit the western and eastern parts, whereas they are only present on the eastern part to the south. The walls are pierced with rectangular bays, four in the south and at least two in the north. A door provides access to the outside in the eastern southern part. The annex is opened by two rectangular bays. The entire nave is covered by a double-paned roof. A gable roof covers the annex. A bell tower with a square base is stooped on the ridge near the facade. Its spire is hexagonal.

Originally a simple church in a country village, it shows both the quality of its sober construction and the quality of its design as a modern religious edifice of the late 19th century in keeping with a tradition dating back to the Middle Ages. It is not just a simple reminder of neo-gothic medieval forms that is brought into play, but also a whole medieval symbolism in which the large coloured glass windows play their part. They are all the more remarkable as it is the only coloured decoration associated with architecture.

The Church of Saint Pierre de Heugueville sur Sienne was given to the Abbey Lessay around 1080. Following the Hundred Years War, this Norman church, located at the estuary of Siena, suffered damage that required repairing the tower and porch. The church is composed of a nave of five bays, a false transept surmounted by a saddle bell tower and a choir with flat bedside of 3 bays.

Destroyed during the Hundred Years War, the Church of Saint Peter, which dominates the cemetery of Irai along the Avre, seems to have been rebuilt in the sixteenth century. It has a main nave and a side aisle, meeting under a flat tiled roof. The two naves have visible frames, and are joined by a row of arcades. There are three altarpieces and eight statues classified as historical monuments.

Fully listed since 2002 in the supplementary inventory of Historic Monuments, the church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul is one of the best preserved Romanesque churches in Brittany. Partially renovated, the interior contains a very rare fresco of the Eternal Father as well as two paintings from the 17th century and above all thirteen bell towers, twelve of which have no bells, like the number of inhabitants of Langon.

The monastery was founded at the end of the 10th century by Jordan I, lord of Chabanais. A parish was also created, served by the monks of the monastery. In 1040, the primitive church is destroyed. A new building is built by Gautier, the superior of the community, who is buried there in 1070.

The Saint-Pierre church is located in Menotey, in Burgundy-Franche-Comté. It was built in the Middle Ages and modified in the XVI-XVII and XIX century. In 1354, the church was listed among the outbuildings of the priory of Saint-Vivant, and dependent on Cluny. The polychrome entrance door, interior Burgundy paintings and sculptures, the pulpit and tombstones are remarkable.

The Church of Saint-Pierre, listed as a Historic Monument, is located in Saint-Georges-des-Agoûts, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has a Romanesque structure and is an extension of the 12th century priory of Saint-Thomas-de-Conac. It also features a remarkable carved portal. In the sixteenth century, the church was enlarged with a wide aisle and a solid square bell tower. The building houses an 18th century painting and a 16th century bronze bell.

Imposing building, which comprises elements from different periods and incorporates an octagonal bell tower topped by an observation platform. Like many other churches on Oléron, the church suffered considerably from the impact of the Wars of Religion, and was sacked and partially destroyed during this period.

The Church of Saint-Pierre of Saint-Pierre-de-Cernières, Normandy was built in the twelfth century. The building is composed of a single nave and a square bell tower. The nave, rebuilt in the nineteenth century, ends with a raised choir. The choir was rebuilt in the 16th century and once again in the19th century.