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The Chapel of St. Michael is a chapel of the University of Coimbra built between the 16th and 18th centuries. It is part of the architectural complex of the Paço das Escolas. The Chapel of St. Michael dates back to the 16th century and was commissioned by Manuel I of Portugal (1495-1521), whose decorative style is displayed on the Manueline side portal, on the windows of the central nave. The work was directed by Marcos Pires and completed by Diogo de Castilho. The chapel, especially its interior, was later remodelled in Baroque and Mannerist style.

The Saint-Michael chapel is located in the picturesque 13th-century castle of Orava. After his family obtained ownership of the castle in 1556, Juraj Thurzo (1567-1616), a fervent Protestant, was the one who endowed it with the Chapel of St Michael. The richly decorated baroque interior houses the tombs of the Thurzo family. Nationalised after the Second World War, Orava Castle is now a museum and its chapel hosts traditional concerts.

The Chapel of the Carmelites of Rennes is of notable importance in the religious heritage of the 19th century in Ille-et-Vilaine. Leaning against the Parc du Thabor, full of Gothic and Romanesque beauty, the chapel is now undergoing restoration. This chapel currently hosts the Protestant cult.

The Bernardine nuns, reformed Cistercian nuns, founded a first convent in Marseilles in 1637 on the new quayside, on the estate of the "King's Garden", spending 800,000 pounds for this construction and settling there on 20 August 1751. The building of the convent and its church was first entrusted to the architect Pierre-Paul Bruand and then to the Marseille architect Balthazar Dreveton. Today the building is transformed into a theatre.

The Charterhouse is an almshouse on a secluded 7 acre site in Smithfield, London. The chapel has been, variously, the Chapter House of a Carthusian monastery, a storage place for Henry VIII's hunting equipment, and the private chapel of a Tudor mansion. Since 1613 it has been the place of worship for the beneficiaries (called Brothers) of the charity, Sutton's Hospital, and until 1872, the boys and staff of Charterhouse school.

The chapel of Truscat Castle, listed in the general inventory of cultural heritage, is located in Sarzeau, Brittany. The manor, that has been mentioned in records since the 15th century, was bought, between 1507 and 1515, by the Francheville family. It was rebuilt in 1702. Only the outbuildings and the 16th century chapel remain as part of the original building. It has a single nave surmounted by a Renaissance bell tower.

The ensemble of the Chapel and the Casa dos Coimbras was part of the Palace of Coimbras, built in the 16th century as a residence for clergymen and destroyed in 1906. In 1525, John III of Portugal (1521-1557) ordered the construction of a private chapel in the palace, under the invocation of Our Lady of Conception, but it was to be known as the Chapel of Coimbras. It was designed by the masters of Biscainhos, builders of the Palácio dos Biscainhos.

The Chapel of the Holy Cross is located in Batthyany Castle, dating from the 14th century. The chapel is also called the Chapel of Miracles because the miracle of the Holy Blood of Christ took place there in 1411. In the 18th century, a large dome painted with scenes of the Holy Trinity and the four Evangelists was erected above the chapel.

The Chapel of the Holy Cross, or Swedish Chapel, was founded by Přemek I, Duke of Opava, in 1394 as a mortuary sanctuary. The chapel is a unique example of Gothic brick architecture, it is built on an exceptionally used octagon plan. It may have been inspired by the Church of St. Charles in Prague.

The building of the chapel of the Holy Sepulcher at the Franciscan monastery in Kamnik was finished in 1954. The design has been made by the important Slovenian architect Plečnik. The unique complex is filled with art and symbolism. The chapel was meant to function as a oratory and for honoring the Holy Sepulcher.