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Lundersæter Church was built in 1868 according to designs by the architect Ole Bergkvist. The church has had a west tower added in 1954, designed by the architect Ola B. Aasness, which replaced an earlier turret. In 1981, the church received a new and larger extension to the sacristy east of the choir, which was designed by the architect Jørgen Motzfeldt.

Lundring church is a long church in Nærøysund. It was built after Nærøy old church burned down. The wooden building was in the neo-Gothic style in 1885.

The monastery of Lüne is a former Benedictine monastery built in the 14th century on a former monastery burnt down in 1372. The monastery courtyard is surrounded on three sides by Gothic buildings from the 15th and 16th centuries and on the fourth side by the guest house representative of the late Baroque.

The Synagogue in Luneville was built in 1786 by the architect Augustin-Charles Piroux. It is not decorated with Jewish symbols to meet the request for discretion by the royal power which only tolerated such a building. The synagogue was classified as a historic monument since July 15, 1980. It was the second synagogue to be constructed in France after the expulsion of the Jews in 1394.

The Lunner Church is a cruciform church made of brick and wood which originated in the middle of the 12th century. Originally, the Lunner church was a long stone church with a nave and choir of equal width, and with a round bell tower to the west. However, in the 18th century, the tower and the west wall were demolished and three transverse arms made of turned wood were built. The medieval church is the choir of the present church. The priestly sacristy and the baptismal sacristy were added in the 1930s.

Lura church is a brick church built in 1987. The architects of the church are Ingeborg and Knut Home.

Lurøy Church is a wooden church that was built in 1812. The church has a cross-shaped plan and was designed by the architect John Tverdahl. The parish of Lurøy has existed since before 1432. A new church building was probably completed in the mid-1400s, and this was probably not the first church in Lurøy.

It was Christina Charlotte of Württemberg (1645-1699), a noble woman of the house of Württemberg, who ordered the construction of the church in 1675. She arranged demolition material of the closed monastery of Thedinga (near Nüttermoor) to build the new church in Leer. From 1706 until 1710 and in 1738, the church was enlarged. Because of this enlargement, it was possible to build a bell tower on top of the building in 1766. To make space for a bigger organ, the building was enlarged again in 1793. The final construction works to the church were in 1882, when they build a southern wing.

The Luther Church was built between 1902 and 1906 according to a design by Dresden architects Schilling & Graebner. Built in the Art Nouveau style with accentuated natural forms, the church is an important example of this architectural style in Saxony.

The Lutheran Church in Utrecht has been housed in this Louis XIV-style building since the 17th century, when Protestantism became the only permitted denomination of Christianity in the Netherlands.