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In addition to being the shape of a heptagon, the Church is surrounded by a circular enclosure with a vaulted ceiling making it possible to go around the building. Quarter circles serving as flying buttress on the walls of the choir. Among the treasures of the church, one can note the sculptures attributed to the Master of Cabestany and his school as well as a “Mandorle” representing the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

The church in Herad is a concrete church that was built according to a long church plan in 1957 from plans drawn up by the architect Christen A. Christensen. The first church on the site was probably built in 1570. In 1840 a new cruciform church was built, but in 1948 the church burned down.

The church in Herad was inaugurated in 1934. Already at the end of the 19th century, the construction of the church was discussed and in 1907 a building committee was appointed. But it was not until 1932 that construction work began. The colours of the interior date from 1953, and are mainly brown and green-brown. The main colour of the furnishings is blue-grey, which is found on the pulpit, the pews and the octagonal font.

Heradsbygd Church is a characteristic building in dragon style with a T-plan, according to a drawing of the "Digre architectural office in Trondheim". In 1911 the church was given a choir according to a drawing by Henrik Bull, and the church became a long single-nave church with narrower choirs. The interior and fittings are mainly designed by Henrik Bull, but bear some marks of later changes.

The oldest written record of a church in Herdla is a letter from Pope Eugene III in 1146 which mentions the church of St. Nicholas in Herdla. The present church, however, dates from 1863 after a storm demolished the old church in 1861. This church had to be rebuilt several times as it burned down in 1934 and suffered extensive damage during the Second World War. The church was finally completed in 1951

There has been a place of worship on the cathedral site since at least the 8th century, although no part of any building earlier than the 11th century bishop's chapel survives. The medieval cathedral was not monastic; the governing body, known as the Dean and Chapter, were not monks but secular priests who led active lives in the world. They employed the Vicars Choral, a body of clergy who lived a collegiate life in the Vicars' Cloister, to sing the daily services for them.

Herefoss Church is an octagonal church dating from 1865 and designed by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. It is the third church in the town. In 1487, the parish of Herefoss is mentioned in official documents. The two earlier churches were closer to Herefossfjorden, but the town was prone to flooding, so the church was moved further away from the lake.

The nave of the Hermes church was built in 1690 on the site of its medieval predecessor, which was originally dedicated to St. Hermes. On the foundation stone is the name Zeino, son of grietman Duco Gerrold Martena of Burmania.

The hermitage was dedicated to the miraculous image of Crist Vellet. It is said to belong to a townsman of the neighbors who died in 1799 of a contagious disease. All his property was burned save this image. The building is in the neoclassical style.

The hermitage of La Torregarcía or Virgen del Mar dates back to the middle of the 20th century. In 1502 the caretaker Andrés de Jaén discovered an image of the Virgin Mary, carved in a single piece of walnut wood, washed up on the beach. More than 450 years later, in 1953, the hermitage was erected on the spot where the image was allegedly found. The chapel is dedicated to the Virgin of the Sea, who is considered the patron saint of Almeria at the end of the 17th century.