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Église Saint-Rémi

Église Saint-Rémi is a Romanesque church built in the 12th century, with part of the building rebuilt in Gothic style in the 14th century. Located in central Bordeaux, it now serves as an exhibition space.

Église Saint-Sauveur de Lille

Église Saint-Sauveur de Lille is a church on rue Saint-Sauveur in Lille-Centre. Built from 1898 to 1902 on the site of a former Gothic church, it was designed in an eclectic and neo-Byzantine style and later closed in 2015 for security investigations.

Saint-Anne's Church

Saint-Anne's Church is a church building in the Hermitage district of Nantes. Built between 1845 and 1847, it was part of a wider redevelopment linked to urban growth and industrialization, and it was dedicated to Sainte Anne, who was especially venerated by Breton communities.

Église Saint-Martin

Église Saint-Martin was a former Gothic collegiate church in Marseille. It was demolished in 1887 for the construction of rue Colbert. It should not be confused with the Saint-Martin church of Arenc, built in 1913.

Église Saint-Maurice

Église Saint-Maurice is a former chapel of a Dominican convent and a church building in flamboyant Savoyard style, a late Gothic form typical of the Alps. It was later renamed after the destruction of the old Saint Maurice church near the castle.

Abbaye de l'Île Barbe

The Abbaye de l'Île Barbe is an ancient Benedictine abbey in Lyon, France, located in the Saint-Rambert-l'Île-Barbe district. Founded before the 6th century, it was one of the oldest monastic establishments in Gaul.

Saint Nicolas' Church

Saint Nicolas' Church stands on grande-rue Saint-Nicolas in Toulouse’s Saint-Cyprien district, on the left bank of the Garonne. Classified as a historic monument, it combines a southern Gothic structure, an octagonal bell tower, and later painted and sculpted decoration.

Église Saint-Paul

Église Saint-Paul de Rouen is a neo-Romanesque church at the foot of Sainte-Catherine hill near the Mathilde bridge. It is closed for worship and has been disused since 2017, while the remains of the older Romanesque church survive as a sacristy.

Notre-Dame-des-Lumières

Notre-Dame-des-Lumières is a Catholic church in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique. It serves as the conventual church of a Carmelite convent and is also attached to the parish of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine. Built in a modern style, it combines traditional inspiration with a pentagonal plan.

Église des Chartreux

Église des Chartreux, officially Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine des Chartreux, is a church building at place Edmond-Audran in Marseille. It served as a parish church and as a chapel for a Carthusian monastery. The surrounding neighborhood took its name from the monastery.

Saint-Clément

Saint-Clément is a Catholic church in Nantes, France, built in the 19th century. Designed in a neo-Gothic style, it is used by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, who celebrate Mass according to the Tridentine rite.

Église Saint-Paul

Église Saint-Paul is a Catholic church in Lyon’s Vieux-Lyon district, in the Saint-Paul area. Built in Romanesque and Gothic styles, it includes a lantern tower, a Romanesque porch, and later Gothic additions.

Abbaye Saint-Aubin

Abbaye Saint-Aubin d'Angers is an ancient abbey in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, in the Pays de la Loire. Originating as a funerary basilica for Bishop Aubin, it later became a monastery and abbey. The monks were dispersed during the French Revolution.

Église Notre-Dame du Port

Église Notre-Dame du Port, also known as église de l'Immaculée Conception, is a neo-classical church in Nice’s port district. Inaugurated in 1853 at Île de Beauté, it faces the Baie des Anges and is listed as a historical monument.

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Espérance

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Espérance is a Catholic parish church in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Located on Place de la Castre in the Suquet district, it combines Gothic architecture with a Renaissance porch and a Romanesque-style bell tower.

Saint-Pierre des Chartreux Church

Église Saint-Pierre des Chartreux de Toulouse is a church building in Toulouse originally established for the Carthusian order. Begun in 1602, it includes a sculpted portal from 1613 and a nave divided to accommodate public access, reflecting its later parish use.

Church of Gesù

The Church of Gesù is a Baroque Catholic church on rue Droite in Vieux-Nice, Nice. Built by the Jesuits as a chapel for their college, it became the parish church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur in 1802.

Dominican Convent

The Dominican Convent is a church on Dominican Square in the city. Its core is a square-shaped nave with six compartments, and its stained glass windows from the 14th and 15th centuries depict scenes from the life of Christ.

Basilique Saint-Just de Lyon

Basilique Saint-Just de Lyon is an archaeological and church site in Lyon, built over an ancient necropolis southwest of Lugdunum. Linked to early Christian tombs, it was once one of the city’s oldest and most powerful churches before its destruction during the Wars of Religion.

Église Saint-Pothin

Église Saint-Pothin is a Catholic church in Lyon, located at place Édgar Quinet in the Foch district. Entirely registered as a Historic Monument, it reflects the development of Brotteaux and the Saint-Pothin parish.

Saint-Gervais Church

Saint-Gervais Church is a Catholic church in Rouen, part of the Archdiocese of Rouen. The current building was constructed between 1868 and 1874 in a neo-Romanesque style by architect Martin Pierre, and it is listed as a historical monument.

Saint-Félix Church

Saint-Félix Church is a neo-Gothic church in Nantes, built from August 1843 on land bordering Château de la Haute-Forêt. Originally modest in size and surrounded by trees, it later became the parish church of Saint-Félix.

Saint-Éloi de Rouen

Saint-Éloi de Rouen is a Protestant temple in Rouen, located at place du Pasteur-Martin-Luther-King. Formerly a Catholic church until the French Revolution, it was assigned to the Reformed Church in 1803 and remains part of the United Protestant Church of France.

Annonciade Museum

The Annonciade Museum is an art museum in central Saint-Tropez, housed on the upper floor of the former Chapelle Notre-Dame de l’Annonciade. It presents paintings, drawings, and sculptures linked to artists around Paul Signac.

Synagogue de Lille

The Synagogue de Lille, inaugurated in 1891, stands on Rue Auguste-Angellier in Lille, northern France. Designed by Albert Hannotin in an Orientalist style, it has been a protected historical monument since 1984 and retained its original interior decoration through World War II.

Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons Church

Saint-Louis-des-Chartrons is a neo-Gothic church in the Chartrons district of northern Bordeaux, beyond Place des Quinconces. Dedicated to Saint Louis and under the Archdiocese of Bordeaux, it features a vertical three-part façade, rose window, and twin spires.

Église Saint-Polycarpe

Église Saint-Polycarpe is a church on the slopes of Croix-Rousse in Lyon, between René Leynaud, Burdeau, Mermet, and Thiaffait streets. Formerly the church of the Oratorians, it is dedicated to Catholic worship and was later named Saint Polycarpe.

Saint Jerome Church

Saint Jerome Church of Toulouse is the church of the Sanctuaire Saint-Jérôme on rue du Lieutenant-Colonel-Pélissier. Formerly the chapel of the Pénitents bleus, it was built in the 17th century by Pierre Levesville under Louis XIII.

Couvent Saint-Lazare

Couvent Saint-Lazare is a Dominican convent in Marseille, built by Pierre Bossan between 1868 and 1880 for the church Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire. It stands at 35 rue Edmond-Rostand, at the corner of rue Sainte-Victoire.

Abbaye Saint-Serge

Abbaye Saint-Serge is a Benedictine abbey in Angers, France. First mentioned in 705, it was taken over by Benedictines around 1000. Parts of the complex were listed as historic monuments between 1840 and 1967.

Chapelle Corneille

Chapelle Corneille is the former Church of St Louis in Rouen, Normandy, France. It served as a Roman Catholic church and as the chapel of the nearby Lycée Corneille before being turned into an auditorium in 2016.

Convent of the Carmelites

The Convent of the Carmelites was a Carmelite convent established in Nantes in 1318, then within the Duchy of Brittany. It was associated with Breton aristocratic burial traditions and was gradually destroyed beginning with the French Revolution.

Église Sainte-Rita

Église Sainte-Rita is a baroque church in Vieux-Nice, at 1 rue de la Poissonnerie. Also known as chapelle Saint-Jaume, Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur, and chapelle Sainte-Rita, it is classified as a historic monument.

Église Sainte-Catherine de Lille

Église Sainte-Catherine de Lille is a three-nave hall church on rue Sainte-Catherine in Lille’s Vieux-Lille district. Dedicated to Sainte Catherine of Alexandria, it was classified as a Monument historique and is served by Rihour metro station.

Chapelle du Saint-Sépulcre

The Chapelle de la confrérie du Saint-Sépulcre is a church building on Place Garibaldi in Nice. Built from 1782 to 1784, it combines Baroque, neoclassical, and late Baroque elements. It is entrusted to the Société du Saint-Sépulcre and classified as a historic monument.

Notre-Dame-de-Cougnes

Notre-Dame-de-Cougnes is the parish church of La Rochelle in Charente-Maritime, within the diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes. Founded in 1077, it began as a modest chapel serving the hamlet of Cougnes and was largely destroyed in 1568 before being rebuilt from 1653.