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The building is located on the southern edge of the village.

The building is located outside of the village in eastern direction (approx. 1 km), at the local Greek Orthodox cemetery.

The building is located on the north-western edge of the village.

The old church in Årdal dates from 1619, but only the nave dates from this period. A new choir was built in 1626, integrated into the nave when a new choir was built again in 1703. The tower building to the west was replaced by a new tower in 1704-06.

The old Beguinage of Saint Elizabeth, dating back to 1234, owes its name to Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia. Over the centuries, the beguinage has developed into a small town with more than 100 beguine houses. The beguinage was abandoned in 1873 for the new Grand Beguinage Sint-Amandsberg, just outside the city centre.

The old church of Bø is a medieval stone church, built between 1150 and 1180, with a long church plan and a choir to the east. The nave, the choir and the semicircular end of the choir, the apse, are both from the Middle Ages, while the porch was built in the 17th century and the bridle roof in the early 19th century. After the Reformation, the interior of the church was rebuilt, with a gallery along the north and west walls, a pulpit and a new altarpiece, all in Renaissance style.

The Old Cathedral is a Romanesque building erected in the 11th century on a previous basilica. Important works were carried out there between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century when the presbytery was enlarged, a transept was added, as well as the Chapel of the Holy Crosses. Following the sack of Brescia by the army of Gaston de Foix-Nemours in 1512, the cathedral was embellished. In 1571 the interior was reorganized according to the directives of the Counter-Reformation. Later, the restoration by Luigi Arcioni (1841-1918) led to the elimination of many Baroque additions and superstructures, restoring the imposing Romanesque volume to an essential part of its original appearance. At the end of the 20th century, the frescoes in the transept were cleaned and restored, in particular to remedy the constant and ever-present problems of humidity that afflict the building.

The ancient cathedral of Cartagena was built from the 13th century, after the reconquest of the city by the Muslims in 1246. At the end of the 13th century, the seat of the diocese was moved to Murcia, whose main church stole the title of cathedral from that of Cartagena. The present appearance of the church comes from a reconstruction in neo-Romanesque style at the beginning of the 20th century by the modernist architect Victor Beltrí. Unfortunately, the building has been in ruins since 1939, when it suffered the consequences of the bombings.

The old cathedral of Coimbra was built between 1146 and 1218 when Coimbra was the capital of the country. It is one of the most important Romanesque buildings in Portugal, as it has remained practically intact since its construction period. Additions of different styles were made later in the 16th century but did not alter its Romanesque essence. In 1772, after the expulsion of the Jesuits, the title of cathedral was transferred to the Jesuit church, now the New Cathedral of Coimbra.

The Old Cathedral of Lleida was built between 1203 and 1278 in the Romanesque style, but its tower and main door are from the 15th century and were therefore built in Gothic. In 1707 the cathedral became a military barracks and a new cathedral was built from 1761 to 1781. After decades of neglect, the cathedral became a prison under Franco during the Spanish Civil War and was restored from the 1950s onwards.