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The Alexandreni Jewish Cemetery was most likely established in the first half of the 19th century. It is marked on a map of the region from the 1860s, and epigraphic data shows it already existed in the 1850s. The cemetery remained in use after WWII, with the latest preserved gravestone dating to the 1970s.

The Ålfoten church is a wooden church built in 1678. There was a medieval wooden church on the site, but it is not known when it was demolished. The medieval cemetery is bounded by cemetery walls to the north, west and south. The present building is constructed of wood, clad on the outside with horizontal panels painted white. The church has no tower, the bell is in the attic and is rung by a ringing rope at the nave entrance door.

Ålgård Church is a modernist working church since 2015. The church was designed by the architects René de Groot and Erik Thesen. In 2016, the church was nominated for the Archmarathon award for religious buildings.

Ålgård Old Church is a long church built in 1917 by architect Ole Stein. Replaced as a parish in 2015, it was considered to demolish the old church. It is not yet known what will become of it.

The Algazi Synagogue in Izmir is a Sephardi synagogue completed in 1724. The synagogue was rebuilt in 1889, 1901 and 2007. This stone building still serves as a synagogue.

The Cathedral of Alghero dates back to the 16th century when in 1503 Pope Julius II promulgated a bull implementing a profound revision of the Sardinian dioceses, strongly desired by King Ferdinand II. Alghero, elevated to the rank of a city in 1501, did not have a temple large enough to serve as a cathedral at that time, and the bishops of the new diocese did not reside there until the 1530s when construction of the cathedral began. Its long period of construction resulted in a remarkable mixture of styles, although Catalan Gothic can be considered predominant.

The church in Ålhus is a long wooden church dating from 1795. The church was restored in 1868 when it was planked and whitewashed, and the windows were raised. In 1871 a gallery was built and the interior walls were painted yellow and the roof was repainted. The sacristy was built in 1933. In the period 1947-1951, the church was restored, when, among other things, the yellow paint was removed from the walls. The modern church replaces a medieval Stave church.

The Ali Pasha Mosque is a complex built from 1560 to 1561. The mosque restored in 1894 was severely affected by Serb attacks during the Bosnian war. The building was finally rebuilt in 2004 and added to the list of national monuments in 2005.

The Ali Pasha Mosque is believed to be among the first mosques built in Macedonia. This square-shaped mosque is thought to have been built in stone and fired brick in the late 15th or early 16th century. In 1823, a madrasa was erected within the mosque complex, but no longer exists today. The remains of a minaret are located to the south of the mosque. It was demolished in 1912 and has not been rebuilt to date. There is thought to have been another minaret in the western part of the mosque, probably erected under Sultan Bayezid II (1481-1512).

The Cathedral of Alife was built by the Norman Count Ranulf II of Alife between 1127 and 1135, incorporating an earlier religious structure, with a north-south orientation. Over the centuries it was rebuilt several times, mainly in 1450 by Bishop Moretta and, above all, following the earthquake of 5 June 1688. After the damage caused by the earthquake of 1805, the façade was rebuilt (1820). The bell tower of the Cathedral suffered some damage in the earthquake of 29 December 2013.