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The Terezin Synagogue is the only remaining "secret synagogue" in the Czech Republic. This prayer room of modest dimensions was created by Artur Berlinger, a German religious master and artist imprisoned in Terezin from 1942 until his deportation to Auschwitz in the autumn of 1944. Meanwhile, Berlinger created the prayer room in an old storage space and regularly organized religious services there. The room retains the original painted decoration.

Originally built before the year 1000, Termini Imerese Cathedral was rebuilt in 1604 in a larger form. In 1802, the barrel vaults of the central nave and transept were decorated, as well as the walls of the large central chapel.

The cathedral of Termoli was built in 1037 on the remains of what was once a pagan temple dedicated to Castor and Pollux. The present building was constructed between the 12th and 13th centuries. The cathedral underwent some changes after the earthquake of 1464 and the Turkish attack of 1566. During further works in 1760 and 1962, the relics of St Bass and St Timothy, the patron saints of the city, were found.

Local tradition tells us that the first cathedral of Terni, corresponding to the crypt, was built on the remains of a pagan Roman temple by the holy bishop Anastasius of Terni in the 6th century. In the 9th century, renovation work was carried out on the crypt and the cathedral, which was resumed in the 12th century. Little remains of the Romanesque cathedral today, due to the modernisation work carried out in the 16th and 17th centuries according to the tastes of the time.

The building is located in the centre of the town.

Terracina Cathedral was built between the 5th and 6th centuries using what was left of an ancient Roman temple with five naves in the city's forum. The building has undergone various interventions and restorations, including that of the 11th century, that of the 13th century and, above all, the restoration of the 18th century, which reduced the church from five naves to three with the construction of side chapels and the barrel vaulted ceiling in place of the Romanesque farmhouses.

The cathedral of Terrassa was built between 1574 and 1616 in the Gothic style. During the Civil War of 1936-1939, it suffered a fire that affected the interior of the basilica and was used during the war as a car park; the restoration was completed in 1958. In 1999, the bell tower and façade were completed and a new section was added to the attic.

The territorial abbey of Einsiedeln is a Benedictine monastery founded in the 10th century, but the present Baroque monastery was built from 1674 to 1735 according to the plans of Caspar Moosbrugger. Since 1130, the monastery has been a double abbey where two communities live in two different places under one abbot: men in Einsiedeln, women in Fahr. The monastery is an important station of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and the destination of many pilgrims. The "Black Madonna" of Einsiedeln in the Gnadenkapelle attracts about one million pilgrims and tourists every year.

Teruel Cathedral was founded in 1171 as a Romanesque church to which a Mudéjar tower was added in the 13th century. It was not until 1587 that it became a cathedral with the creation of the diocese of Teruel. A notable example of Mudéjar architecture, it has been inscribed on the World Heritage List since 1986, along with other Aragonese Mudéjar buildings.

The Teşvikiye mosque was built in 1794 at the instigation of Sultan Selim III (1789-1807), but most of the present mosque dates from the reign of Sultan Abdulmejid I (1839-1861) and was completed in 1854. The mosque is part of a group of buildings built at the same time in a strong European style, such as the Dolmabahçe Palace and the Mosque of Ortaköy. At the end of the 19th century it was renovated to its present appearance.