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The Leikanger church is a stone church dating from around 1250. Around 1872, a lower and narrower choir was built, with a sacristy to the north-east. At the same time, the 17th-century tower was replaced by a new tower in neo-gothic style. When the church was restored in the years 1930-50 under the direction of architect Johan Lindstrøm, the 19th-century tower was demolished and replaced by a modern tower.

The Leikanger church is a long wooden church dating from 1866. It was moved to Leikanger from the village of Selje in 1866. In 1895 it was extended and given a new tower and a new table covering under the direction of architect Lars Sølvberg.

Leinstrand Church is a long church dating from 1673. The church has been rebuilt and restored several times and was given a new appearance after a restoration in 1963-64 according to the plans of John Egil Tverdahl. The burial chapel in the church cemetery was built in 1965.

The Leipziger Tempel in Roman is an Ashkenazi synagogue built in 1924-25 and restored in the 2010s. This Neo-Romanesque brick building still serves as a synagogue.

The Leipziger Temple in Piatra-Neamţ was originally built by David and Pinchas Kolomier in 1839 and renovated in 1904 after a fire. The rebuilt synagogue features a high curved roof and two tiers of windows. The windows in the upper tier are circular, while those in the lower tier are semicircular (forming the top section of an arch). Atypically the eastern wall, which contains the niche for the Torah ark inside the main prayer hall, is a long wall; the prayer hall is thus wide instead of long. The exterior of the eastern wall (at the place corresponding to the niche for the Torah ark features a rectangular apse decorated with pilasters, a blind arch, and an inscription with the name of the synagogue.

The church of Leiranger is a long church built in 1911 in the romantic style. When a new church was to be built in 1734 on the other side of the fjord, a tide carried the materials to Leines. And people took this as a sign of where God wanted the church to be. The old church burned down in 1911.

Leirbotn Church is a wooden church built in 1993 on top of an old church. This old church, built in 1935, caught fire and was burnt down on 18 June 1990.

The Leirfjord church dates from 1867 and was designed by architect Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff. In the 1950s the building was in a state of disrepair (the planned restoration in 1937 was interrupted due to the war and the tight economy) and major restoration and improvement had to be carried out.

Leiria Cathedral was built in the 16th century when King John III asked Pope Paul III to create the Diocese of Leiria. Construction began in 1559, and in 1574 the church was consecrated. The earthquake of 1755 caused severe damage to the main façade, reconstruction of which began the following year. Also due to the effects of the earthquake, a new bell tower in Baroque style had to be built in 1772. During the French Invasions (1810), a fire led to the partial destruction of the interior of the church.

The Leirskogen church is a long church dating from 1924. Originally the church was a chapel, but in 1995 the parish council decided that the church should be an ordinary building. Materials from the oldest school building in the village, Skulehuset, were used in the construction of the chapel, and today it is the nave of the church building.