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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.

Saint Nicholas is the Orthodox Cathedral of Bialystok. It was erected in 1843-1846 during the Russian occupation of eastern Poland. It is typical of the Russian orthodox architecture of the first decades of the 19th century.

The Church of St. Nicholas in Brussels, built around 1125, is one of the first churches in Brussels and the best preserved in its successive modifications. Of the original Romanesque style church, some remains remain in the entrance porch, discovered during the reconstruction of the façade in 1956. This Romanesque style building had a tower that housed the city's bells and was therefore the bell tower of Brussels. Destroyed by a storm in 1367, it was immediately rebuilt. The church was closed in 1797 and sold in 1799. Almost demolished, it was finally returned to worship in 1804.

The oldest church in Stralsund, St. Nicolas' church was constructed in 1234, gaining its modern form after reconstruction in 1971. It was constructed as a way to exhibit the wealth of Stralsund as a Hanseatic city.

Saint Panteleimon Monastery is an Orthodox monastery built in Odesa in 1895.

The Church of Saint Peter-in-Chains was built from 1845 to 1848 in the classicist style. Today's church has not retained the appearance of the original plastered brick church, since between 1924 and 1934, the temple was rebuilt and enlarged. The destruction of the church was planned in 1974, but Pope Paul VI succeeded in persuading Nikolai Podgorny, President of the Supreme Council of the USSR, to leave the church intact.