• ~ Saint Faith Abbey Church of Conques (Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques)~

The patron saint of pilgrims, prisoners, and soldiers, St Foy (also known as St Faith) was a 3rd century woman who was tortured to death under the Diocletian Persecutions. (Legend says that when the burning iron failed to kill her due to holy intervention, she instead had to be beheaded.) Foy was known for her devotion, unusual sense of humor, and strange healing methods. Most of Saint Foy's relics were transported here in the 9th century after a monk stole them and brought them to Conques from her hometown of Agen due to their miraculous powers. The Conques monastery was founded in 1819 and after the reliquary (now at a separate location) was established, it quickly became a popular pilgrimage site on the route of the Camino de Santiago known for Foy's strange curing methods (such as suggesting that a knight cure his herniated scrotum by smashing it with a white-hot hammer. It worked after he fell backwards right before enacting the deed and was cured by his fall.) The Romanesque stone church (and UNESCO world heritage site!) is intricately decorated with tapestries depicting scenes from St Foy's life, and on October 6th (her feast day) a statue of her is brought out to the celebration. (This statue's face may or may not be a copy of Charlemagne's death mask.)

• ~Basilica of Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre~

Completed in 1914, the Basilica of Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre was built in the Romano-Byzantine style, sporting a domed roof and an apse mosaic spanning 475 meters. The Basilica also is home to a crypt. The stained-glass windows were replaced after being destroyed in WWII. Montmartre means 'hill of the martyrs', a name coming from legend that claims Saint-Denis died at the location at the end of the 3rd century.