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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.

The Jelling church is the fourth church to be built on the Viking burial site of the Jelling stones complex, a UNESCO world heritage site. The original church was built by the second king of Denmark, Harald Bluetooth, and was built out of wood. The current church was established in the 12th century and was built from marble. Archaeological excavations of the property have found a viking burial beneath the church that is widely believed to be the tomb of Gorm the Old, the first king of Denmark.

This 17th-century church was built as part of the boyar house of Serban Cantacuzino, prince of Wallachia. It was founded by his wife, Lady Maria. The church has a rectangular nave and thick walls, according to the style of chapels of court princes. It has undergone several major restorations over its history: in the 19th century to repair the damages caused by earthquakes. It was declared a historic monument in 1915.

The monastery of Panayia Hozoviotissa, dating back to the 11th century, is one of the oldest and most important ecclesiastical monuments in Greece. It is located on Mount Profitis Elias, 300 meters above the Aegean Sea.

This church, constructed in the 17th-century Russian style, was built as the cathedral church for the Russian navy stationed in Liepaja. Tsar Nicolas II himself was present at the cornerstone laying ceremony in 1901. During the first World War, all of the church's moveable items were transferred to Russia, and the church was converted to a Lutheran church after Latvia's independence in 1918. During Soviet occupation, this section of the city of Liepaja was sectioned off as a secret Naval quarter, where only the military was allowed. During this time, the church was used as a gymnasium and a movie theatre. Today the church is operated by the Latvian Orthodox Church, under the Russian Orthodox church.

The New Room in Bristol is the oldest Methodist Chapel in the world (originally built in 1739) and the cradle of the early Methodist movement. It was built and used by John Wesley and the early Methodists as a meeting and preaching place and the centre for helping and educating poorer members of the community.

The New Synagogue of Žilina was built between 1929 and 1931 as a modernist version of Rachel's tomb near Bethlehem. Abandoned after the Second World War, the synagogue had several functions: theater, concert hall, cinema. From 2012 to 2017, the building has been restored and is now an art museum.

The Old Synagogue, founded in the 15th century, is one of the oldest preserved synagogues in Poland.

The Basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres, commonly known as the Pantheon, is an ancient Roman religious building built in the 1st century B.C. on the orders of Agrippa. Damaged by several fires, it was completely rebuilt under Hadrian (early 2nd century), and transformed into a church in the 7th century. The Pantheon is the largest ancient Roman monument that has survived in a virtually intact state. It has had an enormous influence on European architecture, both secular and sacred.

The Piarist Church is a sacred complex, along with the adjoining monastery of the Piarists. The late Rococo church was built in 1718-1761, and has clear references to the church of the Gesù, the mother church of the Jesuits.