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The Basilica of San Martín de Mondoñedo, located in the municipality of Foz (Lugo, Galicia, Spain), is considered the oldest cathedral in Spain, since in the 9th century it was the seat of two bishoprics of the kingdom of Galicia: one transferred from Dumio, in the district of Braga (Portugal), and another moved from Bretoña, in the province of Lugo. The current building is Romanesque from the end of the 11th century and the strong buttresses are the work of the 18th century.

This is the largest and one of the oldest churches in Bratislava, known especially for being the coronation church of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1563 and 1830. Together with the castle on the hill adjacent, and somewhat similar in its striking, but fairly stark Gothic lines and colouring, St Martin's 85 m (279 ft) spire dominates Old Town's skyline. The tower virtually formed a part of the town's fortifications, built as it was inside the city's defensive walls. As with the castle, the surroundings of St Martin's are as memorable as the structure itself. In the cathedral's case, this includes the picturesque remains of outbuildings in a spacious staired courtyard, and a working seminary with robed adepts on a cobblestone side-street. A small but significant neighbour of the cathedral is a monument to the synagogue, which stood next door for centuries until the Communist government demolished it around 1970 to make room for a new Nový Most bridge. The cathedral contains the remains of Saint John the Merciful who died in the early 7th Century.

St. Martin's Cathedral was built in 1904 on the site of a former Catholic church, one of the first religious buildings in Mukachevo, which existed during the reign of Queen Elisabeth of Bosnia (1339-1387). This romantic neo-Gothic building was designed by the architect Ziegler from Budapest.

Utrecht Cathedral is a Gothic church built from 1254 as a continuation of a Romanesque cathedral. The church has been Protestant since 1580. With its 112.32 meter high tower, it is the tallest building in Utrecht.

St. Martin's Church in the Wall is a Gothic church built between 1178 and 1187. The church with its south wall adjoined the fortification wall, hence the name "in the wall". Of Romanesque origin, the construction of the Gothic building took place after 1350, under the reign of Charles IV. The church is currently used by the Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren.

The church of St. Martin was probably founded around 1100 as a Romanesque church and replaced by a Gothic building between 1320 and 1370. At the time of the Reformation, the Simultaneum (a policy allowing public worship by the followers of two or more religious groups in the same church: Simultankirche) was established for St. Martin's Church, and Protestants and Catholics shared the church since 13 August 1548. This was especially true for the nave, the choir remaining purely Roman Catholic. This condition was established by the Peace of Westphalia, which referred to the normal year 1624, and still exists today. According to the land register, the owner of the parish church is the Gemeinschaftliche Kirchenpflege Biberach.

The St. Martini Church, founded in 1229, is one of the oldest churches in the city. The late Gothic brick building was heavily destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt after the war. Since 1973, the building is a classified heritage.

St. Martin's Church has existed for over a thousand years, but the present building actually dates from 1905-06, when the old church was largely replaced by a new building influenced by Art Nouveau. The heating and the interior have been modernised and renovated in recent years.

The Church of St. Martin and Castulus represents one of the greatest masterpieces of Gothic architecture in Germany. Its 130.60-metre high bell tower is the highest brick tower in the world and the third-highest medieval tower after those of Strasbourg Cathedral and St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. In 1204, the year Landshut was founded by Duke Ludwig I of Bavaria, a church was already built on this site. Today's church is a reconstruction from the end of the 14th century, consecrated in 1500.

The church was originally dedicated to Martinus. The single-nave church and the tower were built in the 15th century. Around 1525 the tower was raised and in the same period the choir was completed.