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

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

Basel Cathedral was built between 1019 and 1500 in Romanesque and Gothic style. The cathedral obtains its recognizable red colour thanks to the red sandstone used for its construction. The old Catholic church became Protestant during the 16th century.

The Synagogue of Basel first opened in 1868 and was constructed by the architect Hermann Gauss. It is modelled after the synagogue in Stuttgart with neo-Byzantine, Moorish, and Romanesque stylings. In renovations, the synagogue has been enlarged, a second dome has been added, and the walls have been painted grey before being recently restored to colour.

The Basilic of the Holy Blood is a double chapel of the city of Bruges. The lower chapel of Sint-Basilius (1139-1149), is the only Romanesque church of West Flanders entirely preserved. The Upper Chapel of the Holy Blood was given in the late 15th century in a Gothic style.

The co-cathedral basilica of Saint Agatha was built in Romanesque style in the 12th century, but the present baroque church dates from a reconstruction from 1629 to 1696. The work was entrusted to the local builders Francesco Bischettimi and Scipione Lachibari, according to Giovan Bernandino Genuino's design for the whole building. Due to the large number of paintings, the interior can be considered a real gallery of paintings.

The Basílica da Estrela or the Royal Basilica and Convent of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is an 18th-century basilica richly ornamented both inside and out. It is the first Christian temple dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The basilica of the Virgen de los Desamparados is an important church of Valencia, as a sanctuary of its patron saint celebrated every second Sunday of May. The building dates from the 17th century.

The Basilica of Our Lady of Begoña was built between 1511 and 1621 in a Gothic style. Damaged during the Napoleonic wars, the church was nevertheless restored.

This monumental neoclassical basilica stands out for the artistic wealth that it contains inside, with canvases by Goya or Zurbarán, as well as for its impressive dome, the largest in Spain and the fourth in Europe, after those of the basilica of San Pedro and the Pantheon, both in Rome, and that of Santa Maria del Fiore, in Florence.