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Church dedicated to Saint Madeleine, built in the 10th century by the lord of the village.

Edification started in 1213. It experiences several successive fires during its construction. It was completed around 1450, when the French took back the city from the English.

The Bellnhausen church is a typical half-timbered church in the region. Built in the 17th century, its interior was renovated in 1903.

The present Belluno Cathedral was built between 1517 and 1624. The stone façade is vertically divided into three parts. It has a Baroque portal and two Gothic windows ending in a pediment resting on the entablature supported by pilasters, with a central rose window.

Inaugurated in 2003, the Benalmádena Buddhist temple has the largest 'stupa' in western Europe. With a 25.8-metre-wide base, and standing 33 meters tall, the temple is large enough to house a 100-square-metre hall inside it.

The Notre-Dame chapel is the remnant of a moustier: a farm built and operated on behalf of the Abbey of Troarn, by the care of a small community settled there from 1060-1080. The choir is from the 12th century, the nave was redesigned in the 13th century with the addition of a cornice decorated with sawtooth motifs. A bell tower, added in the 13th century, was destroyed in 1698 because of its obsolescence and replaced by a small bell tower at the end of the nave, called "gable bell tower". The porch and its triangular pediment were probably added at the same time. The exterior cornice of the choir is remarkable for its decoration of various modillions. At the end of 2018, the general restoration of the chapel was completed, undertaken in 2009 by the commune with the very active collaboration of the association of the Friends of the Chapel of Notre-Dame de Béneauville, chaired by André Arruego. This work included the repair of the exterior masonry, then the repair of the interior masonry, the restoration of the flat tile roof and finally the consolidation of the buttresses. This restoration is illustrated by its finesse and sensitivity.

XIXth century church, whose construction began in 1860.

The village lies at a strategic crossroads between Pohronie and Ponitrie. The dominant feature of the village is the monastery complex with the church of St. Benedict situated on a rocky ridge. It is one of the most beautiful preserved monastery complexes in Slovakia. The monastery and the church were built in the 11th century, on the site of an early medieval settlement.

Reformed church. Restored partly 12th century tuff stone church building with initially half built-in tower, now standing in front of the church, which was renewed on the west side in 1686; the restoration of 1956 gave the tower a medieval shape again. The anchors on the north side 1686 were reused. Special: South facade without windows. Internal rococo pulpit with stairs, rear bulkhead and sounding board, copper lectern, all 1757, associated baptismal fence with vases. Two large funeral cases 1794 and 1824. Single manual organ by AA Hinsz in rococo case from 1777 on balustrade with carved top in which coats of arms. Two carved gravestones Heemstra. Bell tower with bell by L. Haverkamp, ​​1786, diam. 116 cm. Mechanical tower clock AH van Bergen, Heiligerlee, first quarter of the 20th century.

The monastery Benediktbeuern, founded in 739, is the oldest and one of the most beautiful monasteries in Upper Bavaria. One of the main religious relics, the right arm of the holy Saint Benedikt, was handed over to the buron in the year 800 by ‘Karl the Great’. As a result, the buron was renamed as the Benedicto-Burum. From 1681 to 1686 the cloister church was entirely rebuilt in the Baroque epoch with the typical Italian early baroque accents. The church boasts a fresco cycle of the life of Christ by Hans Georg Asam and the Anastasia chapel, a separate chapel to the north, which is a miniature masterpiece by Johann Michael Fischer. Today the cloister has different functions and is used for conferences, concerts and events.