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The Church of the Mother of God stands in one of the holiest place of Slovenia: Svete Gore (Holy mountains). The “Holy Mountains” have the earliest Christian buildings of the countries and is still a pilgrimage centre for Slovenians. The church of Mary was first mentioned in 1265 as Monte Sancte Marie. The current building on the site is from the 17th century.

The wooden Church of St. Michael was probably built in 1777. Tyvodar Lehotskyy, a Ukrainian historian, believes that the building was actually constructed a while before this date. According to him, 1777 would be the time of the churches' consecration after the building had been renovated. The building is entirely made of oak and the tower is 22 meters high. It is the only remaining classical Lemko wooden church in the Carpathians. The church was built in an old Ukrainian style, with Baroque towers. The building had originally been constructed somewhere else, but it was moved to the Uzhhorod Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life in 1972, after a period of abandonment during the Sovjet times.

Interesting church with saddle roof tower. Built to replace the church that burned down in 1930.

The Filial Auxiliary Church of St. Andrew in Rożnowice arose in 1756-64 on the site of a previous church.

Originally part of a much larger building, which was destroyed by fire (probably in the time of Cromwell), the tiny church of The Good Shepherd was rebuilt from the original chancel.

The Greek Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin was built in 1759 in Uhrynów (Ukraine) and transferred to Tarnoszyn (Poland) in 1904. In 1994, it was acquired by the Greek Catholic parish of Lublin. In 1997, it was carefully restored in the Open Air Village Museum in Lublin, where it is now.

The Rēzeknes Synagogue, or 'Green Synagogue', is the oldest wooden building in the city that has survived to the present day, having been built in the mid-19th century. A study of the building revealed that the synagogue was repainted in dark green in the early 20th century and then renamed. The synagogue was last renovated between 2005 and 2016, after the State Inspectorate for Heritage Protection in 2004 included it in the list of Latvia's 100 most endangered cultural monuments.

The Holy Cross Church is a wooden Orthodox church built at the beginning of the 21st century on the site of a church burnt down in 1996. The architecture of the temple is reminiscent of the Russian style of the 17th century. An onion-shaped bell tower was erected on the roof of the central cubic structure.

The church of the Holy Family began its life with the estate of Blackbird Leys. The church, designed by Colin Shewring, was built and dedicated in 1965. It is one of the most distinctive buildings on the estate and in Oxford, with its curved walls and roof.

Very soon after the Second World War was declared many Italian Soldiers were captured in North Africa. Over 1000 prisoners were transported to Orkney to assist with the construction of the Churchill Barriers being built to make Scapa Flow, the base for the home fleet more secure, following the sinking of HMS Royal Oak with the loss of over 800 British sailors.