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Excavations during the restoration in 2000 showed that there was already a (tuff stone) church in the 12th century. After that, a so-called "hall church" was created by expansion, which reached its largest size in the sixteenth century. The masonry of the current hall church, which dates from 1825, includes many remains of the medieval church, which was dedicated to Saint Peter (Saint Peter). The south side (Voorstraat side) shows the original outer wall and window layout. The old buttresses have been made visible in the pavement with 'moppen' and on the north side we see the contours of the old outer wall in the paving. Five pillars have been incorporated into the current north wall, which were part of the old church. The choir and the east side disappeared in 1825 and made way for an entrance portal.

Dutch Reformed Church. Single-nave building (the choir was demolished in the 19th century) dating from around 1450 and completely covered with natural stone. The wall posts of the barrel vault rest on partly old corbels.

Reformed Church. Simple church with three-sided closure and roof tower, all from 1838. Pulpit tub with rear bulkhead and sounding board carved in the church, two gentlemen's pews, one from 1672, large copper crown, 18th century. Single-manual organ, made in 1886 by Bakker and Timmenga. Priest's gravestone of red sandstone and gravestone for general Mart. Arcronius. At three gravestones in the churchyard fence with representation of crosses and hearts, dated 1702, 1704 and 1705. Bell tower with clock by A. Obertin and N. Rogier, 1628, diam. 105. Mechanical tower clock Gebr. van Bergen, Midwolda, 1953.

The church of Inzersdorf is a Roman Catholic church in one of the oldest parishes in Vienna (1217). The current classical building was built from 1818 to 1820.

1703 - Abbot Bonifaz Tschupp I commissions the baroque construction. The builder came from Sargans. 1704 - On the 19. October, the church is consecrated by Bishop Federspiel from Chur. 1749 - The ceiling paintings are painted by Martin Leonz Zeuger. The carvings of the altar leaves, pulpit and choir chairs come from local woodcarvers.

Philotheou or Filotheou Monastery is one of the 20 self-governing Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos. It is ranked twelfth in the Athonite, the hierarchical order of the twenty monasteries on Mount Athos.

The Cathedral of Piana degli Albanesi is an Italian-Albanian Catholic church of Byzantine rite. Originally built from the 15th century according to Byzantine canons, it was rebuilt in the 16th century following the style in vogue in the West. In the first half of the 17th century, from 1641 to 1644, the church underwent various modifications and the extraordinary painting work of Pietro Novelli, who painted the monumental frescoes of the three apses. Since 1784, the church has been the seat of the bishop ordaining the Greek rite for the Albanians of Sicily.

The Piarist Church, also known as the Frauenbergkirche, is the oldest church in the city. Founded in the 13th century, the church owes most of its late Gothic appearance to reconstruction in the 15th century. In 1616, the church was ceded to the Jesuits and in 1776, to the Piarist order.

The Cathedral of Piazza Armerina was built at the beginning of the 17th century, but it retains the Catalan Gothic bell tower of an older building dating from the 15th century. The 18th-century portal features stylistic elements of Sicilian Baroque.

The church of Pielpajärvi is a wooden church built between 1752 and 1760, making it one of the oldest buildings in northern Lapland. The church received its present form during a restoration around 1846.