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The church on the hill, today part of the communal property, is one of the few unchanged testimonies of the Romanesque construction time in Transylvania. The small three-aisles basilica was probably built before 1223. The western funnel-shaped portal exhibits particularly beautiful stone masonry. The interior, which nowadays only contains a memorial dedicated to the soldiers fallen in the WWI, impresses by its contemplative style. From the former defence ensemble only rests of the ring wall and its towers are still preserved. Equally remarkable is the village parish church, whose fortification system did not last until today, except for the western tower and its defence level. The single-nave Baroque church was built in 1764 on the foundations of a former Gothic building. The interior furniture, as the pews and the gallery, originates from different Baroque times and are ornamented with rural floral paintings.

The Cistercian monastery was founded in 1196 by monks from Waldsassen Abbey. The abbey church was built between 1206 and 1221 in late Romanesque style and renovated in 1248 in Gothic style. During the Hussite wars (1419-1434), the monastery was destroyed three times. In the 18th century, the church was completely rebuilt under the direction of the architect Ottavio Broggio. The monastery was suppressed and the whole was nationalised, but recently it was returned to the Cistercian order.

The Cathedral of Città della Pieve can boast of its ancient origins. The first cathedral dates back to the 4th-5th centuries. It was replaced by a Romanesque building in the 8th century, itself rebuilt in Gothic style in the 13th century. Only a few traces of these early interventions remain in the present church, which dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries when it became the cathedral of the diocese. The side chapels and the bell tower next to the building date from this period.

The city church of Winterthur was built from the 13th to the 19th century. Apart from the tower, the oldest part that still exists today is the Romanesque-early-Gothic choir, which was built in the middle of the 13th century. It was built as an extension of the nave on the model of the Fraumünster in Zurich. Serious damage during the city fire of 1313 made its reconstruction necessary. From 1486 to 1490, a second tower was built on the south side of the choir. The nave was built between 1501 and 1518 and extended ten metres further west but was somewhat narrower than before.

The city church of Biel is a sacred building of the reformed congregation. It was first mentioned in 1228. The church was originally dedicated to St. Benedict of Nursia and belonged to the diocese of Lausanne until the Reformation in 1528. The present church was built between 1451 and 1470 in the late Gothic style by the master craftsman Wenzlin. The remains of the walls of the earlier Romanesque and Gothic buildings, which were partially demolished or bricked up during the construction of the church, have been preserved to the present day.

Parish church, built during the construction of the Leyenburg district in the 1950s. Important and iconic reconstruction church with a small tower (wall) in the front facade.

The Berea Church existed under this name from 2002 to 2010, after which the name became the Evangelical Church "City Life Church".

The Cathedral of Ciudad Real was built from the 16th century in the late Gothic style with many Renaissance elements in addition to the late Romanesque portal. It was finished by Antonio de Ecija.

The Cathedral of Civita Castellana was built from around 1185, on top of an earlier sacred building, and was completed with the construction of the portico in 1210. After falling into disrepair over the centuries, the interior of the church was completely renovated in the 18th century in the Baroque style: the transformation of the three-nave church into a single-nave church with interconnected side chapels dates from this period.

Clarissine Church is a collection of Gothic and Renaissance buildings located in Bratislava. Founded in 1297, it is one of the oldest and most important architectural works of these styles in the capital. Currently, the University Library of Bratislava is located in the building of the former Clarissian Monastery.