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St. Mary's Cathedral is the Catholic Cathedral of Minsk. The building was built in 1710 in the Baroque style as a Jesuit church. When the Society of Jesus was dissolved in 1773 by Clement XIV under the pressure of the European monarchies, it was transferred to the diocese. When the Diocese of Minsk was established in 1798, it became the Orthodox Cathedral of the diocese. It was used as a sports hall from 1934 under the USSR regime and was handed over to Catholic worship during the German occupation. After the reconquest of Minsk by the Soviets, the church was redesigned and incorporated into a Stalin-Classicist housing development - the main façade was transformed, the towers demolished and the interiors reused as a sports facility. It was given back to the Roman Catholics after the independence of Belarus in the 1990s, the towers and façade restored in that period (1994-97).

Tallinn Cathedral is the main Evangelical Lutheran church in Estonia. It dates back to the 13th century, probably to the first half of this century. Between 1430 and 1460 the church building was reconstructed as a three-nave basilica. The church and a large part of the buildings in Toompea were destroyed in the fire of the Toompea district in 1684. The Gothic-style bell tower of the cathedral was destroyed, so a new Baroque bell tower was built in 1778-1779.

The construction of St. Mary's Church began shortly after the foundation of Neubrandenburg in 1248, but the tower was not completed until the second half of the 14th century. The 16th and 17th centuries were marked by numerous damages due to lightning and fires. From 1832 to 1841 a complete restoration of the church was carried out. But in 1945 the church was severely destroyed by a fire. In 1975 the town of Neubrandenburg bought the ruin and the building was rebuilt with the aim of transforming it into a concert hall.

the St. Mary's Church was built in late Romanesque style around 1230. After a fire in 1455, the building was extensively renovated, the choir bay with a five-sided end and a massive tower with a pointed helmet were erected. The great town fire of 1759 completely destroyed the high tower crown, vault and medieval interior of the church. The tower roof and the interior of the church were redesigned in the Baroque style.

St. Mary's Church is a hall church built mainly in the 14th century. From 1987 to 1994, the tower and the first yoke of the nave were rebuilt. The design of the façade was inspired by the medieval building that preceded it.

St. Mary's Church was built from 1326 to 1364 and belonged to the Order of St. Mary. The interior of the church was only furnished in the second half of the 15th century. In the 16th century the Protestants took possession of the church. After the invasion of the Russian army on March 7, 1945, the church was destroyed. The Franciscan Order rebuilt the church until the 1950s. Today, the Catholic community uses the church.

St. Mary's Church, built between 1289 and 1340, is the town's landmark. This Gothic brick building replaces an old hall style church dating from 1235. In 1945, the church partially burned down. Since 1970, reconstruction has been in progress.

Construction of St. Mary's Church began with the granting of the town charter in 1253. The circumambulatory choir dating from 1367 is one of the oldest in Mark Brandenburg. In 1945 St. Mary's Church was severely damaged by fire and in the following years it became completely ruined. In 1974, St. Mary's Church was leased to the city and was restored beginning in 1980.

St. Mary's Church is a Gothic brick church built in the middle of the 13th century. The church was particularly damaged during a siege in 1676 and during a bombing raid in 1943. The church was consecrated again in 1957.

St. Mary's Church in Bergen is a long church in the form of a basilica. Inside, strong square pillars support the vaults and mark the transition between the nave and the aisles. The choir is lower and narrower than the nave. The church has two towers that rise above the western end of the aisles. The church was built in the classical Romanesque style in the first half of the 12th century, but there are also later additions in the Gothic style. The magnificent altarpiece was probably made in Lübeck in the late 15th century.