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In 966, Sancho I el Craso (c. 933-966) built a church in the city of León dedicated to the martyr Saint Pelayo, whose relics he had obtained thanks to his contacts with Abd al-Rahman III. The complex preserves an important artistic heritage, both in terms of the architecture of the buildings and the furniture that remains.

Nothing can be more peaceful to behold than the little church at Colintraive, situated by the shores of the Kyles of Bute, clearly visible from the sea against a dark background of trees.

The construction of the Colle di Val d'Elsa Cathedral was started in 1603 on the site of the old parish church of San Salvatore, expanded during the 11th century by Pisan workers. The construction of the cathedral follows the creation of the Diocese of Colle di Val d'Elsa in 1592. The sober Neo-Classical façade is by Agostino Fantastici (1782–1845).

The building dates from the 13th century, in 1252, after the medieval basilica was transferred to the other side of the bank. The revolution spared the church, which was transformed first into the Temple of the Supreme Being, then into a fodder store. The bell tower is saved from demolition by placing a statue of the goddess at its top.

The first construction of the church dates back to 1016, but it did not take its final shape until the end of the 12th century, when the choir and transept were erected as they are now. The rest of the building collapsed for lack of maintenance in 1727 and was rebuilt in 1734.

Chapel built between 1857 and 1859 and dedicated to the Virgin protector of sailors, erected to honour missing sailors.

Saint-Sauveur de Les-Andelys was built in 1225, on the ruins of a women's abbey of 511. It is, therefore, the oldest attested monastery in Upper Normandy. Works took place until the 17th century, followed by restoration in the 19th century.

The Collegiate Church of Saint Andrew, also known as Saint Andrew's Church, is the former private chapel of the Dauphin dynasty, founded in 1228 as their burial place. The collegiate church of Saint-André is a remarkably homogeneous building founded in the 13th century by André Dauphin, Count of Viennois. Today a simple parish church, the collegiate church has housed the tomb of the famous Dauphin knight Pierre Terrail de Bayard, known as the "Bayard knight", since 24 August 1822 in the north transept.

The collegiate church of Saint-Martin in Brive is an 11th-century collegiate church. It was built on an early Christian building from the end of the 5th century. Enlarged, this collegiate church was managed from the end of the 11th century by a college of canons who adopted the rule of Saint Augustine. The priory of Brive seems to have served as a support point for the bishop of Limoges against the abbeys of Beaulieu, Uzerche and Tulle. The cloister was destroyed in 1764, then during the Revolution, the conventual buildings were acquired by the town and destroyed in 1835.

Collégiale Saint-Omer, the Romanesque church, built 900 years ago has massive exterior architecture which giving way to an interior architecture which is light and harmonious.