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The exact construction date of Nöbethane Mescit, located in the quarter with the same name, is not known, but can be dated to around 1867, based on records. The name of the mescit derives from the fact that, in Ottoman times, the changing of the guard was celebrated in front of the building (nöbet = guard; hane = house).

Today's Ömeriye Mosque was built on the remains of a church. Scholars agree that this church was the Augustinian Church of Nicosia with the ekklesionym ‘Sainte Marie des Augustins’, built in the 14th century.

The history as well as the name of Tabakhane Mescit are not entirely clear. It is likely that the mescit got its name because of the tanneries that used to be in the area (tabakhane = tannery).

Compared to other mosques in the central area of Nicosia, Taht el-Kale Mosque is a relatively new one, as it was only built in the years 1826-1827 together with an adjacent Quran school (madrasa). The new building replaced a dilapidated mosque on the same site, which had been built just after the Ottoman capture of the city. It is located in a quarter bearing the same name.

As early as 1642, a small mosque was built in the quarter with the same name – on the site where today's mescit can be found.

Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim is the most important church in Norway being the burial place of its patron saint: St. Olav. Built from the 11th to the 14th century, in Romanesque and Gothic style, it suffered extensive damage during a fire in 1531 but was completely rebuilt and served, until 1908, as Norway's coronation church.

The old Niedereisenhausen church is a half-timbered building dating from 1659-62 with a particularly authentic Baroque interior. Demolition was planned in the 1970s, but the church was bought in 1980 and restored from 2014 to 2016.

Herv. Chapel. Situated on the filled-in harbour, simple hall building from 1660, with pointed arch windows and roof turret in the middle of the ridge. On it a weather vane with Eusum coats of arms (Anna Eusum died in 1714). Extension from 1932. Extensively restored around 1965. Restored again after a fire in 2000. In the church a well-carved pulpit tub with stairs and a beautiful sounding board, 1752. On the tub a lectern, matching baptismal fence. Baptismal bowls on an iron base. Copper baptismal bowl beige.

Beautiful modern church, somewhat in the form of a North Holland farmhouse, with, among other things, series of stained glass windows. Replaced previous church locations of the New Apostolic Community of Hoorn and surroundings. Remarkably, unlike almost all other NAP churches, the well-known emblem is not placed on the front facade, but on top of the roof.

Nice modern church, characteristic of this church community. Modest octagonal brick building in modernist style, designed by the architectural firm Hupkes and Van Asperen and built in 1958. The whole is crowned by a central tower of metal, above which is a metal sculpture representing a cross and a radiant sun, which is the symbol of the New Apostolic church community.