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Split Monastery of St. Frane na Obala belongs to a number of monasteries which the older tradition holds were founded in 1212 by the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, St. Francis of Assisi, during his stay in Dalmatia, and these are, in addition to Split, other monasteries in Zadar, Pasman, Trogir, Dubrovnik, and some other places.

The Church of All Saints Glorified is a Bulgarian chapel built in 1882 to commemorate the victory of the Russian Empire against the Ottoman Empire in 1877-1878 and to honour the memory of the Bulgarian volunteers who took part in it.

The Church of Our Lady, built on the former cathedral of Aarhus in the 13th century, was formerly the southern wing of a former Dominican monastery. The crypt, built around 1060 with the old cathedral, is the oldest preserved in the Nordic countries.

The Church of Our Lord’s Ascension, built in 1824, is a tserkvas of Ukraine classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The building preserves an old 19th century iconostasis and is surrounded by an old cemetery and bell tower built in 1813.

Built in 1887, this was the first church to be built in the town of Esbjerg. The church is a neo-romantic style red brick building with stripes of gray granite. The church was adorned with frescoes in 1929.

The Church of Resurrection was an Anglican church founded in 1874 by Evan Jenkins, grandson of the first Anglican preacher in Brussels. Abandoned in 1958, the church was desecrated and turned into a nightclub in 2009.

Also known as the "Cathedral of Faro", this cathedral was built in its modern form in the 17th century. Archaeological evidence has proven this to be the site of a sacred place of Paleo-Christians which later became a Mosque after the Arab conquest, and later became a church in the 13th century after the Reconquista. The church was then destroyed by the Earl of Essex in the 16th century and rebuilt in its modern form.

The church of San Lorenzo or the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is a Lugurian Gothic church of the 14th century. The façade, made of local sandstone, has a Gothic portal and a rose window in Carrara marble dating back to 1375. The inside of the church, covered in baroque style, has three naves with barrel vaults. A restoration at the end of the 20th century partially restored the original Gothic forms.

This Baroque-style Catholic church was originally completed in 1607 and features a dome adorned with frescos. The church was then rebuilt in 1681 by Grand Master Gregorio Carafa whose coat of arms adorns the facade. The church was most recently enlarged in the 1920s.

Being one of the tallest structures in Croatia, this cathedral is one of the symbols of the city of Osijek. It is a neo-gothic style cathedral built in the 19th century. It has very colorful frescoes on the interior that were completed in the 1940s. The church suffered heavy damage due to fighting in the 1990s.