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The Church of San Juan de la Plaza is a church dedicated to St. John the Baptist and rebuilt in 1789 during the reign of Maria I of Portugal. It is very close to the Tagus River and the emblematic Alfama district of Lisbon.

The church of St. Job in Uccle dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. The castral chapel of the Lords of Carloo (dating from 1622) survived the fire of the castle of Carloo during the Brabant revolution (1789-1790), but was replaced in 1836 by a church, the first parish of Uccle, as the city of Brussels expanded southward. As Uccle had become a suburb of Brussels at the end of the 19th century and its population had grown considerably, this parish church was demolished and replaced in 1911 by the new Saint-Job church, the work of architect Jules Bilmeyer.

The church of St. Johann whose construction began around 1000. At the end of the 14th century, a new Gothic church with three naves was built. The basement of the church contains the well-preserved remains of the previous Romanesque churches. One day after the introduction of the Reformation in 1529, the paintings and altars were destroyed. The baroque stucco ceilings of the central nave and the interior side aisles were made by Johann Jakob Schärer (1667-1746). The church was last renovated in 1990.

The church of St. Johannis, built between 1289 and 1470, is the oldest church in the city of Lüneburg. It is considered an important North German Gothic brick building. The interior of the church includes a 15th century carved altar, two large historical organs and eight bells of historical and sonorous value.

The Church of St. John the Evangelist was built for a Franciscan monastery at the beginning of the 14th century. After the Reformation, the church continued to serve as a Protestant church. During the Napoleonic Wars, it was later transformed into a food store. The church was saved from further decay by a renovation in 1929/30.

The church of St. John was built in the 13th century as a chapel. From 1408 the construction of the tower and the nave began. In 1892/93 a neo-gothic tower helmet was put on and the tower was raised to a height of 99 metres. The furnishings include a late Gothic choir stall from the Augustinian church, three 17th century tombstones, which were brought to one of the chapels in the choir gallery.

The Church of St. John Nepomuk, built between 1720 and 1722, is the last masterpiece of the architect Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel, who mixed Baroque architecture with Gothic elements in construction and decoration. The church burned down on 17 July 1784. The shape of the roof was changed during the restoration. The church was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in December 1994.

The Church of St. John of Nepomuk is a baroque building built in the middle of the 14th century. It was occupied by the Knights Hospitallers until the beginning of the Hussite wars in 1421. Between 1590 and 1623, the church served the burgeoning German Lutheran community, but after the Thirty Years' War, it returned to the Catholics. In 1727, a reconstruction finally gave the church its present appearance.

The church of St. John on Podmilačje is a Catholic church dating from 1461. It remained in use as a Catholic church throughout the Ottoman period. In June, pilgrims of all denominations converged on this church on the eve of St. John's Day. To this day it is the only medieval church in Bosnia to have survived with continuous use.

The Church of St. John the Baptist is also known as the Church of Trnovo because of its location in the Trnovo district of Ljubljana. The present church was built in the neo-historic style between 1854 and 1855, but was heavily damaged in the 1895 earthquake and subsequently rebuilt.