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The church of Naantali was built in the 15th century, originally as a monastery church. The monastery closed in 1544 during the Protestant Reformation. During the reign of John III (1569-1592), the monastery resumed activity for a while, and his Catholic wife Catherine Jagellon called in new novices. The last nun died in 1591, and in 1608 King Charles IX (1604-1611) ordered the destruction of the monastery buildings, only the church was preserved.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. Given that the oldest preserved tombstone dates to the 19th – early 20th century, it can be gathered the cemetery was founded in that era. It cannot be found marked on old maps of the region.

According to the memorial book of Nadvirna, before WWII the tombstones from the period of the Khmelnitsky uprising (1648-49) were still preserved in the Jewish cemetery, which may indicate a Jewish presence in the middle of the 17th century. The site is maintained annually by the ESJF and supported by the Nadworna Shtetl Research Group.

In 1860, the Jewish community in Nahirne (also known as Novogeorgievsk, Krylov, or Svetlovodsk which can refer to several neighbouring towns) numbered about 200 and maintained a synagogue in the town. The Jewish cemetery has a few remaining headstones, is fenced, and overgrown.

The Namazgjah Mosque is the main mosque in Ulcinj. It was erected in 1728 with a minaret, a madrasah (now destroyed). In 2011, a restoration of the mosque's facade has been started.

Namdalseid Church is a wooden church built in 1858. The architect of the church is Christian Heinrich Grosch, a leading figure in Norwegian sacred architecture in the first half of the 19th century.

The Namsos church is a modernist church built in 1960 according to plans by Ola B. Aasness. The previous churches on this site all burned down following fires in the village: in 1872, 1897 and 1940.

Namur Cathedral was built between 1751 and 1767 and is named after Alban of Mainz. The construction of the cathedral therefore began 2 centuries after the creation of the diocese of Namur by Pope Paul IV in 1559. The cathedral is a combination of Baroque, Rococo and classical architecture, as are many buildings from the mid-18th century. The Italian-Swiss architect Pisoni built another cathedral in the same style in Solothurn in 1763.

The period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. It first appears a cadastral map of 1865, but the earliest preserved gravestone dates from the second half of the 19th century. The fence was installed by ESJF in September 2015.

The church in Nannestad was partially demolished and enlarged in 1693, but parts of the oldest Romanesque stone church, dating from around 1200, have been preserved. During the expansion, the original basic shape of the church, with a rectangular nave and a lower, narrower choir, was retained. In addition, a porch was built in front of the west entrance. On the north side of the choir, a sacristy was built in 1721. In 1946, the church was restored under the direction of architect Ragnar Nilsen and the painter Ulf Hendriksen.