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In 1623, Archduchess Isabella granted the order of Brigitte the right to settle in Brussels. In 1637, the Confrérie des Brigittines, originally from Dendermonde, bought a property on the site of the present rue des Brigittines. In 1663, they built a convent with a chapel, designed by the architect Léon Van Heil in the Italian-Flemish Renaissance style. During the bombardment of 1695, which reduced most of Brussels to ashes, the building suffered little damage. However, in 1784, Joseph II put an end to the religious vocation of the building. Disused as a religious monument from 1783 to 1920, the chapel was put up for public sale. The City of Brussels acquired it two years later and, thanks to a successful restoration, saved it from almost two centuries of setbacks and various uses. A contemporary extension to the chapel was inaugurated in 2007.

Important, large Reformed interbellum church with tower. During the restoration of war damage in 1947, a large series of colorful stained glass windows were installed, designed by the Arnhem glass artist GTJ Temme. Restoration 1981, during which the interior was modernized.

The chapel is of Romanesque foundation, but the present building dates from the 17th and 19th centuries. It seems to have belonged to the larger ensemble of a medieval castle. Remains have been found under the chapel.

From the 12th century this has been a place of daily prayer, and an extraordinary building, created for the glory of god.

The Brixton Mosque is an Islamic place of worship and cultural centre located in Brixton, South London.

Bro Church is one of the 92 medieval churches on the island of Gotland.

The Great Synagogue in Brody was constructed of stone in 1742. In May 1859 the synagogue suffered in a great fire which destroyed most of Brody. The building was renovated in the mid-1960s and was shortly used as a storeroom. In 1991 there was an attempted restoration which was not implemented. The building is no longer in use.

The Brody Synagogue in Odessa was completed in 1863 by architect Osip Kolovich for a Progressive community. This brick building in the Neo-Renaissance style now serves as archives.

The Chapel is a private donation of the farmers Josef and Trudel Scheidtweiler in Mechernich-Wachendorf. It was planned and constructed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor in 2007 and is dedicated to the Swiss mystic Nicholas of Flüe, also called Bruder Klaus. The structure of the monumental, monolithic chapel is made from tamped concrete. Inside one can still see the imprint of trunks which were used as centring and burned down later. A drop-shaped skylight was also left from the trunks, which is not sealed and allows rain, snow or sunlight inside.

The Broederkerk (or Broerenkerk), located on the Broederstraat, used to belong to the Franciscan monastery, which was founded in the 13th century. Not much is known about the construction and no research was done on this during the most recent restoration. The Franciscans were mendicant monks, who lived in absolute poverty and were mainly occupied with caring for the sick. It grew into a complex with a monastery, church, monastery garden and cemetery. As it grew, however, disagreement arose within the monastic order. Some monks no longer took the poverty rules so seriously, while others held the poverty rules in high regard. The monastery and church were badly damaged by a fire in 1472, but were both rebuilt with community funds. However, this was on the condition that the monks returned to the poverty rules. Both were completed in 1490. For a monastery church, this church is relatively large. After the iconoclasm (1566 and the years after), the monks gradually left Kampen. The monastery complex fell to the city. The building came into the hands of the Protestants, who still use the building. In 1840, Nicolaas Plomp redecorated the building. The church was restored in the period 1967-1971.