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Beginning of the 16th century a hall church with narrow chancel has been built in Şona. In the 19th century the church was rebuilt in Neoclassical style, but only after the bell tower has been erected southern from the church. The assembly was surrounded by a curtain wall with defence tower, of which only some remains are still preserved. The interior Neoclassical furnishing includes the organ from 1852 and the pulpit and altar from 1847. A field called “At Martin’s Church” is located 2,5 km away from the church. There the remains of an old church were found, which might be the one mentioned in a document dated 1252. The report stated that the son of Count Martin sold part of its land between the two Târnava Rivers, where three villages and a Martin’s church were to be found, to another Count.

The Sophienkirche is a Protestant church built according to the concept and plans of master builder Philipp Gerlach. The church was built in 1712-13 and was originally consecrated as the 'Spandau church'. It was only under the successor of King Friedrich II (1740-1786) that it was named after Sophie Luise and has since been called Sophienkirche. The baroque church tower was added in 1732-1734 by the master-builder Johann Friedrich Grael. On 13 September 1964, the American civil rights activist Martin Luther King preached in the Sophienkirche during a surprise visit to East Berlin.

Sopoćani monastery is a raška style religious building built between 1260 and 1265. Seriously destroyed by the Ottomans at the end of the 17th century, the building remained in ruins until it was restored in 1926. Since 1979, the building has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sopot Monastery is an Orthodox Monastery close to the town with the same name.

The Chapel Sainte Ursule de la Sorbonne or more simply the Sorbonne Chapel is a constituent building of the Sorbonne courtyard. It was the private chapel of the college of the Sorbonne then of the university faculties of Paris in the 19th century. The present chapel was rebuilt in the 17th century by Cardinal de Richelieu and was also his mausoleum. The plan of the former medieval chapel is still visible in the main courtyard of the present Sorbonne, marked with crosses. The foundations of this chapel, consecrated in 1326, were found during the reconstruction of the Sorbonne in 1897.

The Cathedral of Soria was built from the 16th to the 17th century on a primitive church that may have originated in the years when Alfonso the Battler (1104-1134) began the repopulation of Soria. It was rebuilt in Romanesque style in the second half of the 12th century, but the church collapsed in 1543, hence the construction of a new one.

The present Sorrento Cathedral was completed around the 11th century and consecrated on March 16, 1113, to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and the Apostles Philip and James. Over the years it has undergone considerable extensions, such as those commissioned by Bishop Domizio Falangola in 1450 and by Cardinal Francesco Remolines in 1505. After the invasion of the Turks in 1558, it was completely rebuilt in 1573, on the orders of Bishop Giulio Pavese, and took on its present Baroque appearance following work carried out in the early 18th century by Bishops Didaco Petra and Filippo Anastasio. The façade was completely rebuilt in 1924, in neo-gothic style, following a violent whirlwind that damaged the entire structure. In 1936 all the paintings inside the church were restored.

Sortland church, which was consecrated in 1901, is a long, typical and relatively richly designed church, characterized by a neo-gothic and Swiss-style. The church has a tower to the west and a choir to the east and was built according to the drawings of the architect Carl Johan Bergstrøm.

The Sotiras Christos Church in Kounavi is a Byzantine temple with three naves dedicated to the Transfiguration of Christ. Its most characteristic feature is its five domes.

The Sotiras Christos Church (Christ Saviour) is located at the cemetery of Spili. It is a vaulted church with a single nave and is decorated with mural paintings. The temple dates from the 14th century although it has been altered throughout the centuries.