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The Saint-Quirin chapel, founded in the 14th century, is a chapel dedicated to Quirin de Neuss. Of the current building, only the Gothic façade is original, dated 1355. The roof and bell tower were added in the 19th century. The water from the spring near the chapel is reputed to have healing properties.

The Osenovlashky Monastery, most popularly known as the Seven Altars Monastery, is a monastic complex in the picturesque valley of the river Gabrovitsa.

The Synaxis Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a wooden tserkvas built in 1838. It is an important monument of Boykos architecture. Its bell tower was built later in 1924.

The Temple of All Religions or the Universal Temple is a unique architectural complex in the Staroye Arakchino Microdistrict of Kazan, Russia. It consists of several types of religious architecture including an Orthodox church, a mosque, and a synagogue, among others. It is currently under construction since 1992, started by local artist and philanthropist Ildar Khanov. The structure now serves as a cultural center and a residence for Khanov's brother and sister, who both continue to serve as guides and supervisors of the complex.

The Uppsala cathedral is noted as being the tallest cathedral of the Nordic countries. It is the burial site of King Eric IX of Sweden and was the traditional coronational church for Swedish monarchs. The cathedral was built in the 13th century as a catholic church and became important during the Protestant Reformation as its chapels were converted into tombs for several Swedish monarchs. The church was built during the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries in a french gothic style. Its latest editions were its enormous spires, which were completed in the 18th century.

St. Kajetan Church in Munich, called Theatinerkirche, served as a monastery church of the order of Theatine. It was built from 1663 to 1690 on the model of the church of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome, dating back to the 16th century.

The building is located outside of the village in north-western direction (approx. 2 km).

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, but it can be assumed that it emerged in the 18th-19th centuries.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown, but it can be assumed that it was founded between the 14th and 15th centuries. On the eve of WWII, 40 active synagogues were in Thessaloniki. A total of 48,533 Jews were deported to the death camps. By the end of the war, Thessaloniki remained the great centre of Sephardic Jewry in Europe. After the war, around 400 Jews returned to Thessaloniki. The community was reestablished and became the second-largest Jewish community in Greece after Athens.

This church was built around 1500 in the late Gothic style with yellow bricks mixed with granite blocks and chalk. In the disused cemetery is the tomb of J.P. Jacobsen (1847-1885).