Saint John the Baptist's church was built from 1858 to 1862 in the 13th century ogival style to replace a very simple small Romanesque church, built by the Bishop of Verdun from 1129 to 1131
A small contemporary church that succeeds two older churches. The semi-circular porch is surmounted by a curious ogival tympanum with trompe-oeil decoration.
The church of Hautecloque is one of the so-called « second reconstruction » churches. Effectively, under its 16th century appearance it dates from 1959 and is the only “identical” reconstruction in the diocese.
The village of Koeur-la- petite housed an important fortified castle; the King of France Louis XIII had notably installed his headquarters there during the siege of Saint-Mihiel in 1635. The stones of this castle were used to build the Saint Remy's church in 1770.
Stepping through the doors of the parish church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Vieux-Lille, not to be confused with the nearby ‘grosse Madeleine’, is to enter a place where religious practices and cultural activities come together: the city of the Gospel.
Exceptional church whose interior decoration is in line with the trend of Naive and popular art of the late nineteenth century. If the exterior lets nothing be perceived, the interior, unique, is the work of a life, that of Father Lecoutre.
