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The church in Șura Mică remained almost unchanged after the construction phases between the 13th and 15th century. It was built as a Romanesque three-aisles basilica, destroyed in 1493 during the Ottoman raids and erected again before 1506. The chancel with mullioned windows and ribbed vault originate from that time. The central nave was covered with a barrel vault with a ribbing net and the western tower was equipped with a defence level. The western and northern portals date back to the same period, as well as the small defence tower above the northern entrance securing the church from the side of the valley. Only some ruins of the defence wall built in the same time are still preserved. The interior was only slightly changed as time went by. At the beginning of the 17th century, the church received its Baroque altar and the galleries. The pulpit and the organ however were only built later on, in 191kleinscheuern3_turm13.

Susa Cathedral, founded in the 11th century, was a Benedictine abbey until the 17th century. In 1027 Olderico Manfredi II, Marquis of Turin and Susa, founded a Benedictine abbey in Susa. During the Middle Ages, the cathedral was enlarged in two campaigns: the first took place in the 12th century and concerned the façade, which was extended to the walls; the second took place between the 14th and 15th centuries and concerned the apse: in fact, the three apses were rebuilt, as well as the sacristy. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the church was restored with the addition of Baroque decorations. In 1772, when Susa became the seat of the bishop, the church, now deprived of its monastic functions due to the closure of the adjacent Benedictine monastery, was raised to the rank of cathedral. Most of the Baroque additions were removed during the 19th-century renovations, giving the interior of the church a neo-Romanesque appearance.

The church of Susendal is a long wooden church dating from 2001. There was an old chapel from 1916 in Susendal, but in the 1990s the chapel was in an advanced state of disrepair.

The Sutlepa Chapel is a 17th-century chapel, which has been in the Estonian Open Air Museum since 1970. The chapel was consecrated again in 1989 and currently functions as an auxiliary church of the St. John's congregation in Tallinn. The Sutlepa Chapel is one of the oldest wooden buildings in Estonia. The chapel was built in the village of Sutlepa perhaps as early as 1627. However, the year "1699", engraved above the church door, probably marks the time of construction of the building, which has survived until today.

The Suure-Jaani Church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, is a fortified church which was certainly built before 1300 and is, therefore, one of the oldest stone churches in Viljandi County. During the Livonian War and the Great Northern War the church of St. John was severely damaged, so the church was extensively renovated in 1767. Probably in the last quarter of the 19th century, the church of St. John the Baptist was decorated in the neo-gothic style.

Suzi Çelebi Mosque is a historic Ottoman mosque, built in 1523 in Prizren. It is named after Ottoman poet and historian Suzi Çelebiu, who is known for his epic poem about the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans.

The Svalbard church is the northernmost church in the world. It is a wooden 'long church' built in 1957, consecrated on 24 August 1958 by Bishop Alf Wiig, and rebuilt in 2004. The architect of the church was Hans Magnus. Built in 1921, the former Svalbard Church burned down during the Second World War.

The Svanvik Chapel, which was consecrated in 1934, was built according to the plans of architect Harald Sund. The chapel is characterized by the national neo-baroque in the simplified version of the time. Bishop Bergrav's message to the architect was that the chapel should be like a calling card for Norway, and have the character of a national bridgehead.

Svarstad church, dating from 1657, is the third church on this site. The previous church itself replaced a Stave church which probably burned down in 1392. It is a long church that reused building elements from the previous church. In the 19th century a porch was built at the western end of the nave and a sacristy at the eastern end of the choir. The church hall has retained much of its 17th and 18th century interiors.

Svatsum church is a small church, a late representative of the octagonal type with a west tower, several of which were built in Trøndelag, Oppland and Setesdal around 1800. The extension of the sacristy to the east of the choir dates from around 1920.