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The Marienkirche was erected in the first half of the 13th century. It is a building of Romanesque-Gothic transition, as the building simultaneously combines late Romanesque and early Gothic building forms. Between 1876 and 1879, a major exterior and interior renovation took place. In 1934, during the renovation work, the few frescoes in the choir were rediscovered and brought to light, which had not been destroyed during the renovation in the 19th century.

The Marienkirche (officially St. Marien zu Lübeck) was built from 1277 to 1351. The building was a symbol of the economic and political power of this city then at the head of the powerful Hanseatic League. As part of the old town of Lübeck, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Saint Mary is widely considered as the "mother church of Gothic brick".

Mariënlof Abbey is a cistercian nunnery in Kerniel (Borgloon). Orginally it was built for the order of the Holy Cross (Croisiers) in the fifteenth century, but in the nineteenth century it became a cistercian cloister. It houses several remarkable objects such as the shrine of Saint Odilia, dating of 1292 and the Chair of Saint Lutgard.

Marienmünster Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery, dissolved in 1803. Founded in 1127, the monastery reached its peak in the 12th and 13th centuries. During the Thirty Years' War, the monastery and the church were badly damaged and had to be rebuilt from 1661 onwards. From 1965 to 2014, Passionists lived there and pastored the surrounding parishes.

Mariestad Cathedral, built between 1593 and 1619, is not the main church in the diocese of Skara (that title is held by Skara Cathedral). The plan is that of a late neo-Gothic church, with crossed arms, lancet windows, pointed columns and internal white cross vaults. The chancel has a three-sided end and has been copied extensively in the diocese. The unadorned natural stone facades and the spire were only added in 1905 during the restoration by Folke Zettervall.

The Mariupol Mosque was built in 2007 in honour of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent and his wife Roxelana, who came from what is now Ukraine. It is both a mosque and an Islamic cultural centre. The prototype of the mosque's architecture is the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul.

The Markabygda church is a wooden church built in 1887. The church has a long plan and was designed by the architect Ole Andresen.

The Church of the Market of the Holy Spirit is the largest wooden church in Germany and, because of its architecture and furnishings, it is one of the most important architectural monuments of the Baroque period in North Germany. The church was built between 1639 and 1642 entirely of oak and spruce wood. The building is covered with wooden sleepers and has been repainted in its original blue colour since 2013.

The market church of Unser Lieben Frauen, also known as the Marienkirche, was built between 1529 and 1554 from the former churches of St. Gertrude and St. Mary. The Gertrude Church dates from the 11th century and was the church of the salt workers of the Halle Valley. The Marienkirche church dates from the 12th century and was the parish church of the merchants and craftsmen of the town. The 16th-century towers were connected by a bridge for the tower keeper.

The Baščaršija mosque ("Marketplace mosque") was built in 1528. Originally, the Baščaršija mosque had a wooden dome that burned in a fire in 1697, after which the present mosque was built. In 1762, the mosque was repainted by Mehmed-pasha Muhsinović. The mosque also had to be rebuilt after the Second World War.