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Reformed Church. Building on a rectangular foundation with list facades divided by lesenes and pointed arch windows. The seven-bay wide side facade on the Voorstraat has a risalit of three bays crowned by a triangular pediment. Simple entrance frame (1847). Pulpit XIX A; Organ 1819; forged iron lectern. Originally a single-manual organ made in 1819 by JC Scheuer. Extended in 1953 with a Rugpositief and a free Pedal. Restored in 1992 by the Gebr. Reil, whereby the Rugpositief was replaced by a Onderpositief.

This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The Stefanuskerk is a Gothic church building of the Protestant community in Beilen. The church was founded before 1139 as a Roman Catholic church and dedicated to the martyr Stephen. The current church building dates from the 14th, 15th or 16th century. Karstkarel dates the construction of the nave, tower and choir around 1500. According to Stenvert [et al.] the church would have been built earlier, namely at the end of the 14th century and the choir at the beginning of the 15th century. The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands speaks of a building from the 16th century with a tower from the 15th century. At the time it was the most important church of the dingspel Middenveld and the building also served as an ecclesiastical court.

The church building was built at the beginning of the thirteenth century. Originally it was a Romanesque-Gothic cruciform church. But in 1600 the transepts were demolished. From that time on it is no longer a cruciform church. In the same period the church building was lowered 5.5 meters and a choir section was added to the church. In 1970 the church was thoroughly restored. The pews were removed from the choir. In the choir section you can find gravestones and a burial vault. The foundation stone for the tower, which is separate from the church, was laid on June 16, 1820 and was completed 2 years later. The tower is built on 96 piles. On the spire is not a rooster, but a horse.

The church replaced an older Romanesque church, which was destroyed by fire in 1380. The nave and tower were completed in 1466 and by the end of the century the northern and southern choirs were also finished. Both aisles were extended along the tower. Sacristy and chapel of the Holy Sepulchre were added to the south side of the church around 1500.

The church, which was demolished in 1877, probably dated from the 12th century. However, by 1877 the church had become so dilapidated that the church council had it demolished and a new church with a tower built on its site.

An important synagogue, with beautiful interior decoration.

The Stična Abbey, dating back to 1132, is one of the oldest monasteries in Slovenia. Today, despite its closure (between 1784 and 1898), it still serves as a monastery for the Cistercian order.

The Stiftskirche is a church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and a well-known building in the city because of its irregular towers. Built from the 10th century, it is the only surviving architectural testimony of the Hohenstaufen period in Stuttgart.

The Stiklestad Church is a long stone church from the second half of the 12th century, and according to tradition it was built on the place where Olav the Saint fell during the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030. The nave was extended to the west in the late Middle Ages and is exceptionally large. In 1927-30, the church underwent extensive restoration and frescoes from the late 16th century were discovered on the long walls of the ship.