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The Rue Sainte Isaure Synagogue in Paris was completed in 1907 by architect Lucien Hesse and restored in 1939 by Germain Debré. This brick synagogue is still in use.

The Chapel Sainte Ursule de la Sorbonne or more simply the Sorbonne Chapel is a constituent building of the Sorbonne courtyard. It was the private chapel of the college of the Sorbonne then of the university faculties of Paris in the 19th century. The present chapel was rebuilt in the 17th century by Cardinal de Richelieu and was also his mausoleum. The plan of the former medieval chapel is still visible in the main courtyard of the present Sorbonne, marked with crosses. The foundations of this chapel, consecrated in 1326, were found during the reconstruction of the Sorbonne in 1897.

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 Rue Buffault Synagogue in Paris was completed in 1877 by architect Stanislas Ferrand. This Neo-Romanesque stone synagogue is still in use.

Work began in 1629 at the initiative of Louis XIII who wished to thank the Blessed Virgin for her military victories. This building, created by Pierre Le Muet for the Augustins déchaussés who entrusted him with its construction: it was very slow, due to a lack of funds, and continued with Sébastien Bruand, R. Boudin, then Gabriel Le Duc (1663) until 1740 when it was finished by Cartaud (façade). During the Revolution, the church, deprived of its religious members, became the headquarters of the National Lottery and then the Stock Exchange under the Directory. It was restored to worship in 1802, then erected as a basilica by Pope Pius XI in 1927. A very important devotion to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary was developed by the creation of an Archconfraternity in the 19th century by Father Desgenettes, parish priest.

The church was built as part of a competition organised by the Bishopric of Paris in 1823, with the agreement of the City of Paris. It was won by Hippolyte Lebas. The work took place from 1824 to 1836. The church was consecrated on December 15, 1836 by Monsignor de Quélen. The area known as the Porcherons had begun to be populated at the end of the Ancien Régime. It was then attached to the parish of Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre. Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is one of the 39 parishes that were instituted by Bishop de Belloy in 1802, but the faithful had to be content with a temporary church until 1823 before the construction of the present building.

The Lutheran Church of Saint-Marcel is a Protestant place of worship built in 1908 by the architects Jean Naville and Henri Chauquet. The organ dates from the same year and comes from the Dalstein-Haerpfer factory. It was restored in 1999 by Mulheisen.

The Great Synagogue of Paris was built in 1867-1874 in a neo-Byzantine style. After the war, the synagogue undertook renovations completed in 1967. This synagogue has been classified as a historical monument since 1987.

The church of Saint Dominique was built by the architect Georges Gaudibert from 1913, in reinforced concrete with a framework of bricks and agglomerated stones. It was only completed in 1921 because of the First World War. It is in a very particular Romanesque-Byzantine style and is an example of the architectural research carried out in France between 1910 and 1920. It has no bell tower and was originally intended to have a campanile, the base of which is visible from the corner of the two streets.

The Saint-Sulpice church, built between 1646 and 1870, replaced a 12th century sanctuary. The style chosen for the new church is classicism with many Corinthian elements.