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This archetypal medieval church is set in the heart of the village. It abuts a clearly later square tower (1633) topped by a good spire and on the south side a chapel, refashioned in 1621, juts into the churchyard.

The church of St. Peder is first mentioned in a monastery foundation letter from 1135. The present church, dating from around 1375, is one of the most remarkable Gothic buildings in Denmark. The church contains frescoes, some of which were painted by Morten Maler. On the north wall of the choir is the most famous fresco in the church, depicting Valdemar Atterdag and Queen Helvig.

The sanctuary of the Icona Passatora was built around 1480 to incorporate a small aedicula called "Madonna di Canalicchio", named after the locality. According to tradition, the image dates back to the beginning of the 14th century and was considered "miraculous" because it dispensed graces. The interior of the church, which contains frescoes by local artists, has remained practically unchanged from the end of the 15th century to the present day.

St Elizabeth's Church (1901) is a large neo-Gothic is dedicated to Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (a.k.a. Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia) was a medieval princess of the Kingdom of Hungary. As a political pawn used her dowry money to build a hospital where she tended to the sick. She became a symbol of Christian charity after her death at the age of 24 and was canonized in 1235.

The Bethlen Ter Synagogue in Budapest was completed in 1931 by architects Lippòt Baumhorn and Gyórgyi Somogyi. This brick building in the Hungarian Secessionist style still serves as a synagogue.

The Ferencváros (Páva St.) Synagogue in Budapest is an Ashkenazi synagogue completed in 1923-24 by architect Lippòt Baumhorn. This brick building now serves as a museum.

Queen Etheldreda (d679) was foundress and abbess of Ely. She restored an old church and built her monastery here. After its restoration in 970 by Ethelwold it became the richest abbey in England except for Glastonbury. Etheldreda died around 680 from a tumour on the neck, reputedly as a divine punishment for wearing necklaces in her younger days; in reality it was the result of plague. Etheldreda's shrine visited by vast numbers of medieval pilgrims.

Odense Cathedral is named after the Danish king Canute the Saint (1080-1086) who was killed in a church in Odense by rebel subjects and was declared a saint in 1101. The oldest parts of the cathedral date back to the early 13th century. The relics of King Canute IV of Denmark and his brother Benedict are still preserved in the cathedral. The cathedral also houses some of the tombs of the Danish rulers and their wives.

A high place of Christian pilgrimage, the sanctuary of Pontmain, in Mayenne, came into being following the apparition of the Virgin Mary to the children of the village on 17 January 1871. The imposing neo-gothic style basilica, built in the 19th century near the site of the apparition, houses in its choir beautiful stained glass windows illustrating the Virgin's apparitions in Pontmain, Lourdes and La Salette, as well as scenes from the life of Christ. The Barbedette barn, from which the children saw the Blessed Virgin in 1871, has been converted into a place of prayer and meditation.

The Visovac Monastery was founded in the 14th century by Dominican monks. Taken over by the Franciscan a century later, the monastery was enlarged. Destructed and abandoned in the 17th century, the monastery is repaired in the 18th and 20th centuries. Located on the beautiful island of Visovac in the Krka National Park, the monastery keeps a collection of books, works of art and other important documents.