Notre-Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris is a Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Paris, France, on the Île de la Cité in the Seine. It is one of Paris’s most popular monuments and a major Gothic landmark.
French Churches
Panthéon
The Panthéon is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, standing in the Latin Quarter at the center of the square named after it. Built between 1758 and 1790, it began as a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve and later became a mausoleum.
Sacré-Cœur
Sacré-Cœur is a major religious building on the summit of Montmartre in Paris, near one of the city’s highest points. Completed in 1923, it has a dome visible from far away and receives nearly eleven million visitors and pilgrims annually.
Sainte-Chapelle
Sainte-Chapelle is a royal chapel in the Gothic style within the medieval Palais de la Cité on the Île de la Cité in Paris. Commissioned by Louis IX, it was built to house Passion relics and is known for its extensive 13th-century stained glass.
Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg is the most important Catholic temple in Strasbourg. Built in red sandstone between 1176 and 1439, it combines late Romanesque, early French Gothic, and mature German Gothic styles.
Reims Cathedral
Reims Cathedral is a Gothic cathedral in the French city of Reims. Built mainly between 1208 and 1311, it was later used for the coronation of almost all French monarchs and is known for its vertical design and extensive sculpture.
Rouen Cathedral
Rouen Cathedral is a Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France, and the see of the Archbishop of Rouen, Primate of Normandy. It is marked by three towers in different styles and a long building history.
La Madeleine
La Madeleine, or église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, is a Catholic place of worship in the Champs-Élysées area of Paris’s VIII arrondissement. It houses the parish of the same name and was designated a historic monument of France in 1915.
Church of Saint-Sulpice
The Church of Saint-Sulpice is a large church in Paris’s Odéon district. Dedicated to Sulpicio Pío, it is one of the city’s biggest churches and the second longest after Notre Dame Cathedral. It is known for its artworks, façade, and solar meridian.
Notre-Dame de la Garde
Notre-Dame de la Garde is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France, and the city’s best-known symbol. Built on a limestone outcropping above the Old Port, it is also the city’s most visited site.
Strasbourg astronomical clock
The Strasbourg astronomical clock is located in the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Strasbourg. Its history includes an early clock known as the clock of the Three Kings, followed by a later astronomical clock designed in phases and transformed in the 19th century.
Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
The Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal is a chapel and pilgrimage site in Paris’s 7th arrondissement. It is associated with the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Catherine Labouré and with the Miraculous Medal.
Church of Saint-Eustache
The Church of Saint-Eustache is a parish Catholic church at 146 rue Rambuteau in Paris’s 1st arrondissement, in the heart of Les Halles. Dedicated to Saint Eustache, it is the third largest church in Paris after Notre-Dame and Saint-Sulpice.
Notre-Dame de Fourvière
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière overlooks Lyon from the summit of Fourvière hill. Built from 1872 in neo-Byzantine style, it is a major symbol of the city and part of a complex that includes a chapel, statue, esplanade, and garden.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The Royal Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a Catholic parish church in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés quarter of Paris. Originally the church of a Benedictine abbey, it is considered the oldest existing church in Paris.
Royal Abbey of Saint-Ouen
The Royal Abbey of Saint-Ouen was a former Benedictine abbey in Rouen, active from 750 until the French Revolution. Only its former abbey church survives on the territory of the commune. It is a principal monument of the city and a noted Gothic example in Normandy.
Basilique Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle
Basilique Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle is a minor Catholic basilica in the city center of Rennes, Brittany. It stands on Place Sainte-Anne, north of the square, and replaces an older church of the same name on the site.
Basilica of St. Sernin
The Basilica of St. Sernin is a major Catholic religious building in Toulouse, located in the center of its namesake square. It is one of the largest preserved Romanesque churches in Europe and was built to house the relics of Saint Saturnin.
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont is a church building on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in Paris 5e, near the Lycée Henri-IV and the Panthéon. It replaced a 13th-century building and remained in use as a parish church.
Monastery of the Jacobins
The Monastery of the Jacobins is a secularized convent in central Toulouse, France, between the Capitole and the Garonne. Its brick complex includes the church, cloister, chapter house, refectory, and chapelle Saint-Antonin.
La Major
Marseille Cathedral, known as La Major, is a Romanesque-Byzantine building in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Built between 1852 and 1893, it stands on an esplanade between the Vieux-Port and the new commercial port.
Bordeaux Cathedral
Bordeaux Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Bordeaux, historically linked to Saint-André and documented from 814. It became an important church in Aquitaine, with Romanesque origins, later Gothic rebuilding, and association with Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Lyon Cathedral
Lyon Cathedral is the seat of the archdiocese of Lyon and holds the status of cathedral and primatial church. It stands in the fifth arrondissement of Lyon, in the medieval and Renaissance district of Vieux Lyon.
Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis
Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis is a church on rue Saint-Antoine in the Marais quarter of Paris. Built between 1627 and 1641 for Louis XIII, it was the first church in Paris to use Jesuit Baroque style instead of Gothic and influenced later religious architecture.
Russian Orthodox Cathedral
The Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Nice, France, is an Orthodox church near boulevard Tzaréwitch and avenue Nicolas II. It belongs to the Korsun Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church and is one of Nice’s most famous landmarks.
Chapelle Expiatoire
The Chapelle Expiatoire is a church building in Paris’s 8th arrondissement, within a religious and commemorative ensemble dedicated to victims of the French Revolution, including the royal couple. It stands on the former cemetery of La Madeleine and was built between 1816 and 1826.
Church of St Joan of Arc
Church of St Joan of Arc is a church building noted for its 13 stained glass windows, created between 1520 and 1530. Many were originally part of the choir of the old Saint-Vincent church and were sheltered in 1939.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox cathedral church at 12 Rue Daru in Paris’s 8th arrondissement. It is under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Orthodox Churches of Russian Tradition in Western Europe and conducts services in Church Slavonic, with some crypt services in French.
Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois
Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois is a Catholic church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Also called Saint-Germain-le-Rond, it has been known as the “paroisse des artistes” since the Ancien Régime and is named in honor of Bishop Saint Germain d’Auxerre.
Holy Trinity Cathedral
The Holy Trinity Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox complex in Paris comprising four buildings, including a cathedral and cultural center, located near the Eiffel Tower and several museums.
Angers Cathedral
Angers Cathedral is a Catholic church in Angers, France, dedicated to Saint Maurice and serving as the seat of the Bishops of Angers. Built between the 11th and 16th centuries, it combines Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
Saint-Séverin
Saint-Séverin is a Catholic church in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, in the Latin Quarter on the left bank of the Seine. Its oldest parts date to the 13th century, and its present character mainly reflects Flamboyant Gothic work from the 15th century.
Chapelle des Carmélites
The Chapelle des Carmélites is a 17th-century Catholic chapel on rue du Périgord in Toulouse, France. Built for the Carmelite convent, it contains murals by Jean-Pierre Rivalz and paintings by Jean-Baptiste Despax, and it is the convent’s only surviving building.
Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet
Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet is a church building in Paris, at 23 rue des Bernardins near rue Saint-Victor in the quartier Saint-Victor. Rebuilt on the site of an earlier structure, it was completed in 1937.
Church of St. Trophime
The Church of St. Trophime is a primatial basilica in Arles, built from 1100 on late Antiquity remains. It is known for its Provençal Romanesque architecture, sculpted portal, and attached cloister.
Nantes Cathedral
Nantes Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral at Place Saint-Pierre in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique. It is the cathedral of the Diocese of Nantes and the seat of the bishop of Nantes, and it has been classified as a historic monument since 1862.
Église du Gésu
Église du Gésu is an ancient Catholic religious building in Toulouse, built in neo-Gothic style by the Jesuits. Desacralized in 2000, it is now used as an organ concert hall and is listed as a historical monument.
Saint-Augustin
Saint-Augustin is a large church in Paris’s 8th District, built by Victor Baltard between 1860 and 1871. It was among the first major Paris buildings with a metal structure and is known for its dome, facade sculpture, and interior artworks.
Abbey of St. Victor
The Abbey of St. Victor is a French abbey founded by Saint Jean-Cassien near the tombs of the martyrs of Marseille, including Saint Victor. It has been an important Catholic place in southern France for more than 1,700 years.
Église du Val-de-Grâce
Église du Val-de-Grâce is a Roman Catholic church in Paris’s 5th arrondissement. Built as part of a royal abbey begun under Anne of Austria, it was later turned into a hospital during the French Revolution. Its dome is a landmark in the Paris skyline.
Lille Cathedral
Lille Cathedral is a Neo-Gothic Catholic cathedral and minor basilica in Vieux-Lille, in Nord, Hauts-de-France. Built on the site of the old motte castrale, it was planned as a future cathedral and dedicated to Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille.
Saint-Pierre de Montmartre
Saint-Pierre de Montmartre is a Roman Catholic parish church in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, west of Sacré-Cœur in Montmartre. It is one of two parish churches in the district and has long been associated with the history of Montmartre.
Église de la Sainte-Trinité
Église de la Sainte-Trinité is a Roman Catholic church in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, at 3 rue de la Trinité and place d’Estienne d’Orves. Built between 1861 and 1867, it features an ornate Neo-Renaissance, Second Empire style and a 65-meter belfry.
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette is a Catholic place of worship in Paris, located on rue de Châteaudun in the 9th arrondissement. It belongs to the parish of the same name in the Archdiocese of Paris and is near the Le Peletier and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette metro stations.
Nice Cathedral
Nice Cathedral is the main Catholic place of worship in Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes department. Located at Place Rossetti in the historic center, it was built in Baroque style in the 17th century and designated a minor basilica in 1949.
St-Martin-des-Champs Priory
St-Martin-des-Champs Priory is a former Catholic abbey and priory in Paris. Founded in 1059 and entrusted to the Cluniacs in 1079, it became an important medieval dependency with royal protection, donations, and extensive possessions.
Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre
Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre is a medieval church on the left bank of the Seine in Paris’s Quartier Latin, on rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre in square René-Viviani. It has been entrusted to the Greek Melkite Catholic Church since the end of the 19th century and is assigned to the Byzantine rite.
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel is a mural painting by Eugène Delacroix, completed in 1861 for the chapel of the Saints-Anges at Saint-Sulpice in Paris. It is one of the painter’s last masterpieces and is classified as a historical monument object.