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Mellifont Abbey was founded in 1142 on the initiative of Archbishop Malachie d'Armagh and Bernard of Clairvaux as a filiation of the Clairvaux monastery. The architect, Robert, came from France. The abbey was built entirely in the Gothic style of northern France and was totally atypical for Ireland at that time. Mellifont Abbey became the model for other Cistercian monasteries in Ireland and remained the largest abbey in Ireland even after its sacking in 1494 until its suppression in 1539.

The estimated period of the cemetery’s establishment dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries, accompanying the emergence of the local Jewish community. By September 3, 1942, all the Jews of Mel’nytsya had been executed and the cemetery sites were abandoned. At least three gravestones are preserved.

According to epigraphic data, the cemetery existed aready in 1795. It appears on maps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire of the 1880s. It was used until 1900s, when a new cemetery was opened.

The church in Melum dates from 1728 but a church has existed in Melum since at least 1354. In the 1720s, Frederick IV of Denmark chose to sell the churches in Lower Telemark, which had belonged to the Crown since the Reformation. At that time the church in Melum was in such a bad state that it had to be demolished. A new church was built by the locals, and in 1737 the church was sold. In 1854, the church finally became the property of the municipality.

Meløy church is a neo-Gothic wooden church from 1867. The first church is said to have existed already in the 15th century, replaced in the 1660s and later in 1708-1711 after a fire. As the church of 1711 was too small in the second half of the 19th century, a new church was designed in 1864 with a capacity of 750 seats.

The Memorial Synagogue in Gyöngyös is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1813 by architect Károly Rábel. This Neo-Classical brick building now serves as an office.

The Memory Church is Baroque church in western Lisbon built on the site of the attempt assassination of King José I.

Menorca Cathedral is an example of Catalan Gothic architecture, built in the 13th and 14th centuries on top of a mosque. Marès stone (limestone), the island's traditional building material, was used for the construction. A Turkish raid in 1558 seriously damaged the church. Repairs only lasted until 1626, when a fire caused the apse to collapse. After that, a more solid reconstruction took place. The church was raised to the status of a cathedral in 1795.

Meråker church is a white, wooden church that was built in a long church style in 1793 by the architects P. Olsen and E. Nanstad.

The Romanesque basilica from the 13th century has been largely preserved, as is testified by the connection between nave and side aisles. Two centuries later, during the fortification phase, a tower with later demolished parapet walk was erected above the chancel. The defence level of the western tower and its timber frame parapet walk is still preserved. This type of church with two towers is also found in the neighboring village of Dealu Frumos. The square ring wall with two defense towers had loopholes and parapet walks. From the last one only the insertion holes of the beams are still preserved. The gate tower was once home of the castle guardian.