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Perched at the top of the village, the church of Marcourt is an eye-catcher from afar. The first written mention to this building dates from 1566. In the 14th century, the building was enlarged with a defensive tower, and at the end of the 17th century, a new nave was added. Inside, you can admire precious works of sacred art and older furniture, preserved because of the attachment of the parishioners. In the old cemetery, with its listed walls, you will discover interesting tombstones from the 16th and 17th centuries.

The church was built in 1295 on the crypt housing the remains of Mary Magdalene, making this church of her the third tomb of Christianity in terms of importance. The church also harbors several treasures, including the reliquary which houses the skull of Marie-Madeleine, the crypt and its 4 sarcophagi, the choir and its 94 stalls, the altarpiece by Antoine Ronzen with its 16 panels of the Passion of the Christ, and the organs of the basilica composed of 2692 pipes.

Saint Maurice Catholic Church at Lille was built on the same place in the 11th century.

The abbey was destroyed in 1567 at the beginning of the Wars of Religion, partially rebuilt in 1630 before being razed to the ground to the ground to the crypt in 1793. The crypt extended as far as under the eastern high altar and is 30 m wide. Dating is uncertain, but first mention of the crypt in 1079.

The Collegiate Church of Saint Michael is part of a religious complex that has been active in education since the 12th century. Between 1611 and 1773, the Jesuit order ran the school of the monastery. In 1764, the Jesuits began to rebuild the destroyed church of St. Michael. After the dissolution of the order in 1773, the school was taken over by the State Commission for National Education. The present Malachowski Gymnasium is considered to be the oldest grammar school in Poland.

The St. Michael's Church was first mentioned as an independent parish church in 1147 and earlier mention of a church dates from 1105. In the 17th century, a project was started by the local guilds to built an enormous tower that would surpass the one at Antwerp by at least 10 meters, that project was finally abandoned in the 1820s. Among its treasures is a fine altar piece by Van Dyck, as well as some very interesting modern stained glass windows by Michel Martens.

The chapel Saint-Michel, associated with the abbey Saint-Michel (Sacra di San Michele in Italy), was built in the 12th century on a small hill, in the hamlet of Couches. Destroyed in 1692 by the troops of the Duke of Savoy, it was rebuilt in the 17th century. During the construction of the dam in 1961, the destruction of the chapel was planned, but, ironically, its altitude is slightly higher than the height of the lake.

St. Nicholas is a Roman Catholic church in Bad Ischl that dates back to at least 1320 and is linked to the imperial family of Habsburg.

The church Saint-Nicolas of Strasbourg, built between 1387 and 1454, shelters a community of the charismatic movement attached to the Protestant church. John Calvin first preached at this church on September 8, 1538 and then held services for the small French-speaking community.

St. Nicholas Church is one of the oldest buildings in the city of Ghent. Built in the 13th and 14th centuries on the site of an old Romanesque church, the church displays a particular form of Gothic style: the Scheldt Gothic.