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The new village church of Roodt an der Syr is one of the youngest sacral buildings in Luxembourg. The foundation stone was laid in 1976 on the garden grounds of the Schmit siblings, and the completed church was consecrated on October 8, 1978. The bell tower stands separate from the church building and seems to go to the visitors by a few steps.

Built in the late 13th century, perhaps on a previous building of which the ashlar [stone] headed with the date of the Era 1226 (the year 1188) bears witness, the Church consecrated to the Apostle Saint James, the Greater, has a single nave and quadrangular chancel, which is narrower and lower. The façade is topped by a bell tower and the portal features a slightly broken exterior archivolt. The south side portal is of similar design. On the north side, the early corbels of the Church stand out, while featuring a decoration typical of the Romanesque of the Tâmega and Sousa. The interior, entirely redefined by Baroque interventions, features the traditional scenography of gilding, which joins the painting in the vaulted ceiling of the nave and the work in the chancel Here lies one of the most original findings of art historiography: a set of mural paintings featuring hagiographic scenes [the life of the saints] and from the life of Christ. These 15th-century paintings were most probably commissioned by one of the abbots of this Church, D. João Camelo de Sousa.

The church of Saint James the Less, the Apostle, was probably founded in the 14th century. The church was renovated (1780/1813/1990) and moved (1945). The oldest preserved element of the church's equipment is the bell from 1615.

This small 18th century church is as amazing as it is impressive. Indeed, due to its geographical location (at the corner of two streets from the city centre) and its size, it could go unnoticed. However, its astonishing facade and its simple, impressive interior make it a very singular church.

This church dates from the first half of the 17th century. It is built in a "Corsican baroque" style, which shows its particularity. It is astonishing by its shape, but also by its interior, since it is very richly decorated with numerous works of art.

This astonishing church was built in the 19th century on the foundations of an old church. Its bell tower, placed at the level of the chevet, brings a new aspect to the beauty of the building. Its magnificent stained glass windows date from the 1990s. The impressive frescoes inside also date from the 20th century, although they were restored in 2004.

The Church of Saint John Chrysostom is a local place of worship in the small village of Xamoudochori in northwestern Crete.

Isolated in the landscape, the Church of Gatão is a building whose construction timeline extends through the 13th and 14th centuries. At the chevet is where the most significant Romanesque elements are found. Besides the split gap in the back wall, a Lombard-style frieze is featured on both sides. This model of the cornice on little arches was particularly welcomed in the Romanesque of the Tâmega and Sousa. The narrow shafts of the nave, the south side portal and the triumphal arch are also from medieval times. Composed of two broken archivolts, but faceted and smooth, it is surrounded by a chequered frieze. Deeper interventions were undertaken in Modern Age, particularly outside the west front, with the addition of the church porch and the bell tower. Both in the nave, beside the triumphal arch, and in the chancel, there are significant frescoes from the 15th and 16th centuries, where depictions of Calvary, the Coronation of the Virgin, the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Lucia stand out. In the cemetery next to the Church is the burial place of Teixeira de Pascoaes (1877-1952), one of the most important Portuguese poets and writers from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century.

The Catholic church of Saint John the Baptist was founded in the 13th century, during the Venetian era. It functioned as a mosque under Ottoman rule. Part of the building was destroyed in the bombings of Heraklion during World War II. After the war, the church resumed its activity as a Catholic place of worship.

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