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The Church of Our Lady, built in 1270-1280, is one of the oldest religious building in Bruges, and a tourist attraction. The 115.6-meter-high tower, entirely brick-built, dominates the Bruges cityscape.

The Church of Our Lady has been the cathedral of Copenhagen since 1922. Churches have been erected on this site since the twelth century, but have been burned three times, most recently in 1807. The current building was built at the beginning. nineteenth century in neoclassical style. Since the fourteenth century, and still to this day, the church is a royal event venue.

The church dates from the 13th century and has a very complex history of construction. During the 14th century, the previous Romanesque church was replaced by a gothic building in the form of a Latin cross. In the centuries that followed, new elements were added to the church and the building has been restored multiples times. In 1911, they built a wooden spire on top of the church tower. Sadly, the spire was torn down by a storm in 1940 and has never been replaced.

The church of Our Lady was built from the 15th century on a site where churches have been built since the 5th century. During the War of the Palatinate Succession, Koblenz was bombed by French troops in 1688 and the tips of the Gothic towers burned down as a result. These were replaced in 1694 by the court architect of Kurtrie, Johann Christoph Sebastiani, with today's characteristic baroque tips. After its secularisation, the church of Our Lady was considered ruinous in 1803. Its roof was renovated in 1808 and a more extensive neo-Romanesque restoration was carried out from 1852 onwards. Badly damaged during the Second World War, the church was rebuilt between 1950 and 1955.

The Church of Our Lady was founded around 1230 and is, together with the Elisabeth Church in Marburg, the oldest Gothic church in Germany. The church owes its origin to the former cathedral complex of the 4th century, which consisted of a double church. Built as a separate church but liturgically close to the cathedral, the two were finally separated in 1803. In the second half of the 19th century, a major restoration took place. As a result, part of the baroque furniture was replaced by neo-gothic furniture.

The Church of Our Lady’s Protection is one of the three oldest Lemko temples in Poland. The current building was built in the mid-seventeenth century and its interior contains an 18th century iconostasis. The icon representing Christ in the side altar dates from 1664.

Extremely important reconstruction church, built to replace its neo-Gothic predecessor destroyed in the bombing of 1945. Central construction on a square plan with a high freestanding bell tower at the rear. Large central section with a gently sloping tent roof; around it is an ambulatory. Important work from the oeuvre of JA van der Laan (1896-1966) (in collaboration with JHM Kirch) built under the influence of the Bossche School of his brother Dom. H. van der Laan. Stylistic references to early Christian and early Romanesque architecture in Italy. The interior features, among other things, wrought iron by N. Witteman, paintings by JB Lambert Simon, stained glass by A. Troost, all dating from 1955. Above the main entrance is a mosaic by J. Collette from the same year (see image below). Since December 2003, this church building has been jointly used by the English-speaking Roman Catholic parish in The Hague with the name "Our Saviour". In December 2007, this church building officially became the property of this English-speaking parish. For several years, separate celebrations of the original Roman Catholic parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel also took place here. In the church year 2017-2018, festive attention was paid to the 10th anniversary of this church, as the church building of Our Saviour.

Our Saviour's church was built from 1682 to 1696 on a temporary church built earlier in the century. The harmonious baroque building has a curious spire, which he obtained later in 1749-52. The Torah Tower, according to its architect Laurids de Thurah (1706-1759), was inspired by the spire of Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza in Rome, which is recognized as a masterpiece of the Baroque. A myth around the tower tells that once finished, Thurah realized that the spiral was going in the wrong direction and that he committed suicide by throwing himself from the top of the spiral staircase.

The church of Our Saviour is the oldest building in Horsens, dating from the 13th century. Unfortunately, the church was exposed to arson on 22 August 2018, when the pulpit from 1670 burned down completely.

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