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On the western side of the Little Carpathians lies the village of Marianka, which is one of the oldest pilgrimage sites in Slovakia. In the valley stood the Pavlín monastery, founded in 1377, where many pilgrimages took place after its establishment. However, even before its construction, numerous pilgrims brought here legends about the statue of the Virgin Mary and the miraculous spring.

The Church with a dominant central dome 30m high was built in 1718 - 1744 on the site of two older Gothic churches. The church is described by many experts as the most beautiful Baroque building in Czech Republic.

The church of Pilistvere dates from the 13th century. The cross vaults of the church building, which rest on two pillars, were completed by the beginning of the 14th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the church was destroyed several times. It was extensively rebuilt in 1762 with a high stone tower. After the storm damage in 1905, the helmet of the church tower was destroyed and it was not restored until 1990. Pilistvere Church is one of the highest churches in Estonia, at 70 metres.

Saint-Barthélemy Cathedral is a Gothic church with three naves founded at the end of the 13th century. The construction of the present building began after 1342 and became a cathedral with the foundation of the diocese of Pilsen in 1993.

The present cathedral of Pinerolo is on the same site as an older church, built in the 10th century. From the end of the 14th century, the church was completely rebuilt and, as part of this intervention, in 1425 the bell tower, never completed, was built, which in the Middle Ages served as a civic tower. In 1508 the new church was completed and consecrated. In 1748 Pope Benedict XIV erected the diocese of Pinerolo and the church of San Donato was raised to the rank of cathedral. Between 1766 and 1778 the cathedral was restored in the Baroque style.

The Pinkas Synagogue is the second oldest synagogue in Prague. The synagogue is currently administered by the Jewish Museum in Prague and serves as a memorial to Jews who died during the Holocaust.

Former Pentecostal Chapel , now Jehovah's Witnesses.

The Pinksterkerk in Heemstede is the first post-war monument of Stadsherstel. It is one of the hundred Dutch top monuments from the reconstruction period 1940-'65. The highlight is the phenomenal glass-in-concrete facade in filigree style.

The church replaced the smaller church from 1851 on Dorpsstraat.

Modern church without tower. Built in 1956-1957 as a Reformed Church. In 2007 included in the provisional list of 100 top monuments from the reconstruction period 1940-'65. In 2010, the Pinksterkerk officially received the status of 'national monument', because it is a characteristic example of post-war church construction.