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St Peter & St Paul is on the east coast of Suffolk and looks out to sea. It is rich in history, and there is a magnificent window by John Piper in memory of Benjamin Britten. The tower is the oldest part of the church, and it is such a notable local landmark hat it was used for many years by mariners to pilot their ships.

This church was built in the 11th century in the village of river. It is part of the Church of England and is in the traditional Anglo-Norman style.

St Peter's is mentioned in the Domesday Survey in 1086, suggesting that there was a church on this site then. The current building dates from the 15th century and was taken over by Cardinal Wolsey to become his College chapel and the parishioners had to either go to the neighbouring St Nicholas or St Mary Quay. Wolsey ordered several improvements to St Peter's but when he fell from grace the parishioners got their church back in 1537.

St Peter the Rock Cathedral, built in the late 18th century, is the Anglican cathedral of Cashel. The former cathedral, located in the Rock of Cashel complex, was used until 1721. The former parish church of St John was used for worship until the present cathedral, built in the Georgian style, was completed in 1784.

St Peter's and St Paul's Church was built in the years 1872-1878 as a Protestant church, Pomerania was then part of the German Empire. Thus, the entire church was built and furnished with German material, from the stained glass to the underfloor heating system.

St Peter's Cathedral, built in the 1860s, is Belfast's Catholic cathedral. During the 19th century, thousands of Catholic workers came to Belfast in search of employment in the growing industries, particularly in the flax industry. The centre of Catholic life in Belfast at that time was St Mary's Church in Chapel Lane, near the old city centre. In 1858, in order to enable the growing number of worshippers to attend services, Barney Hughes, a leading Catholic lay preacher and wealthy bakery chain operator, bought land between Dystart Street, Derby Street and Alexander Street and gave it to Bishop Denvier. Construction of the cathedral began in 1861.

The start of construction of St. Peter dates back to 1296 and ended approximately at the end of the 14th century. There were repeated structural interventions: in 1674 and 1853 the spires and parts of the tower burned down, in 1898 and 1899 a fundamental restoration was carried out, during which the medieval structure of the choir and the side naves was lost. But they were restored in the style of the construction period.

In the center of Louvain, you can find the Sint-Pieterskerk (Saint Peter’s Church). It is the oldest church in the city and was built in 986. In 1176, the church caught fire for the first time. During the 15th century, the demolition of the pervious Romanesque church started and the construction of the current Gothic building began. It took more than a century before everything was completed and only the crypt has remained as an original part of the first church. In the 16th century, three unfinished towers collapsed due to unstable ground. The original plans for the building were changed and the towers remained unfinished. In 1750 an earthquake caused problems, but the most damage ever was done during the two world wars: the roof and a large part of the interior burned down in 1914 and the building was bombed in 1944. A number of thorough restorations has been conducted during the past few centuries.

A piece of Italy in London. The church is of a scale and significance belied by its modest contribution to the townscape; hemmed in by other buildings, only the (later) narrow entrance front and loggia are visible. The design was conceived in the early 1850s, soon after the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy, when sensitivities about the ‘papal aggression' were still high. It was modelled on the basilica of San Crisogono in Trastevere. Built in 1862-63, it was still the largest Catholic church hitherto in Great Britain.

St Petroc's church is the largest and one of the oldest parish churches in Cornwall.