Churches in France

Discover 59 unusual churches in France.

The mural of l'église Saint-Orien de Meslay-le-Grenet.

Meslay-le-Grenet, France

The Danse Macabre of L'église Saint-Orien de Meslay-le-Grenet

A haunting medieval mural of the Danse Macabre graces the walls of this church.

Lanleff, France

Temple de Lanleff

The precise origins of this pink sandstone temple are unknown.

Nave of the church.

Notre-Dame-de-Lorette

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

Église du Bon-Pasteur

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.

Église Notre-Dame de Vals (Church of Our Lady of Vals)

A medieval church built into an ancient cave.

Gnomon of Saint-Sulpice

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

Le Stryge

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Firminy, France

Saint-Pierre of Firminy

This church looks more like a spaceship than a house of worship.

Notre Dame du Travail Church.

Notre Dame du Travail Church

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

Rugby jerseys line the walls inside the chapel.

Larrivière-Saint-Savin, France

Notre Dame du Rugby

This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.

The church ruins serve as a symbolic reminder about the casualties of war.

Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France

Ruined Church of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire

The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.

Graffiti from 1611.

Strasbourg, France

Strasbourg Cathedral's Antique Graffiti

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

Saint Mere Eglise

Sainte-Mère-Église, France

Private John Steele Monument

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

View of the chapel and the Lake of Brennilis.

Saint-Rivoal, France

Mont Saint-Michel de Brasparts

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

The church of Angoville-au-Plain

Angoville-au-Plain, France

Angoville-au-Plain Church

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

Taizé Community buildings.

Taizé Community

A Christian retreat founded to welcome refugees fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.