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The Transfiguration Cathedral is an Orthodox cathedral built in 1883-86. The cathedral was built according to one of Konstantin Thon's designs. In 1930, all the bells of the church were requisitioned and the bell tower was destroyed. A year later, the Stalinist authorities ordered the destruction of the cathedral, which was dynamited for building materials. After Ukraine's independence, it was impossible to rebuild the church on its original site, as new buildings had already been erected there during the Soviet period. On 9 August 1991, the municipal authorities made part of Gorky Square available for the construction of the cathedral.

The Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa was founded in 1794 and consecrated in 1808. Originally a small religious building at the beginning of the 19th century, it became one of the largest cathedrals in the Russian Empire at the beginning of the 20th century. The original structure was demolished by the Soviets in 1936. It was rebuilt from 1999 to 2003.

The original design of the Transfiguration Cathedral was developed in St. Petersburg in 1844, including in its structure the remains of the old Basilian Church, destroyed in 1771. Construction of the cathedral began in 1851, and in 1853 the almost completed building suddenly collapsed. Due to miscalculations and insufficient strength of the local rough bricks, the bell tower collapsed one night and destroyed the whole building. The cathedral was built for the second time from 1866 to 1874 according to the project of the academician of architecture Karl Karlovich Rachau, with the participation of the professor of architecture Ernest Ivanovich Zhiber and the famous architect of St. Petersburg.

The Monastery of the Transfiguration is the largest of the monasteries around Veliko Tarnovo and the fourth in Bulgaria. It was founded during the second kingdom of Bulgaria in the 13th and 14th centuries, but the main current buildings were built in the first half of the 19th century.

Tranøy church, which was consecrated in 1775, originally had a tower above the centre of the church's cross plan, but in 1871 this was replaced by a rectangular tower above the porch on the west side. The wooden altarpiece in Baroque style dates from 1673.

The Cathedral of Trapani was built on the initiative of Alfonso V of Aragon in 1421. In the centuries that followed, the building was modified several times. Its present appearance dates back to its restoration in the 18th century in a neoclassical style by the architect Giovanni Biagio Amico. Between 1794 and 1801 the best artists of the city of Trapani created stucco decorations and interior paintings. In 1844 Pope Gregory XVI gave the building the title of cathedral.

The New Synagogue is also known as the New School, the Upper Prayer Hall, and the Rear Synagogue. It was built in 1669 in Renaissance style. It now serves as a museum with beautifully restored frescoes and a historical model of the Jewish quarter as it appeared in the mid-19th century.

Trinity Church, consecrated in 1709, was designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. It is a central octagonal church with a domed roof and a powerful four-columned portico facing the square. When Karlskrona was founded in 1680, the construction of the town was very labour intensive. During the early years of the town, many Germans settled in the town. During the first decade, they had to hold their own services in German in the Hedvig Eleonora Church, the temporary wooden church built by the Swedish parish in the town. In 1689, the Germans started to think about their own church and on 17 October of the same year, they received permission from the king to form their own parish in accordance with the privileges he had granted to the town.

Modern hall church without tower. Replaced earlier Reformed church building . Organ on gallery above the entrance.

Tregist Chapel dates back to the 1980s. On the site of the present chapel, there was originally a chapel from 1884, which was damaged by a flood around 1955 and then demolished. The exterior and interior of the new chapel were designed by the local sculptor and painter Franz Weiss between 1986 and 1992.