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The Church of Saint-Maurice is a Gothic hall church in the centre of Lille, built in stages from the late 14th century to the 1870s. Its nave and four aisles rise to the same height, and an ambulatory with radiating chapels closes the east end. The city architect Philippe Cannissié added the western bays and the bell tower with its openwork spire in 1867–1877.

Lille Cathedral, Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille, is a Gothic Revival church begun in 1854 to house a 12th-century statue of the Virgin long venerated in the city. Built in stages over almost 150 years, it became a cathedral in 1913, and its modern west front, designed by architect Pierre-Louis Carlier with engineer Peter Rice, was completed in 1999.