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Tvilum Church originates from an Augustinian monastery, which was founded in 1250. Ribebispen Gunner, who according to The bishop's tablet in Ribe Cathedral was bishop from 1230 to 1245/46, gave part of his possessions to the Augustinian order for the construction of the monastery

The monastery of Tvrdos was built on the foundations of a church that dates back to the 4th century AD, before the Christianisation of the Serbs. The foundations of this church are visible in the monastery through a glass floor. The Tvrdoš Monastery was built around 1509, and in 1517 it was decorated with frescoes by the Dubrovnik painter Vice Lovrov. During a conflict with the Turks, Tvrdoš was destroyed by the Venetians in 1694. Immediately in the first years of the 18th century, there were several attempts to rebuild the ruined monastery.

Tydal Church, dating from 1696, is a wooden church, with exterior and interior panels, with a Y-shaped plan and a turret on the ridge above the entrance. The church hall is characterised by painter Jens Rasmusen Sandberg's wall paintings from 1738. The paintings, which after 100 years had been repainted, were discovered and restored in 1912 by Sara Rein Hornemann.

The Tykocin Synagogue was built in 1642 and was at the time a notorious Jewish intellectual centre. In the 18th century, a low tower serving as a prison was added to the northeast corner. Renovated in the 1840s, the synagogue was damaged a century later during the Second World War. Completely renovated in the 1970s, it has since been the headquarters of the Museum of Jewish Culture in Tykocin.

Tylldalen Church is a long church built in 1736 by the builder Karl Brandvold and his son Arne Brandvold-Sevilhaug from Alvdal. The church hall is exceptionally wide and has wooden walls richly decorated with acanthus carvings.

Tynset Church was built after the old church of 1708 burned down in 1792. The church was consecrated in 1795, and the master-builder of the Røros Copper Works, Peder Ellingsen, supervised the construction work. The church in Røros was a model, but in a smaller size and with other materials.

The Tyristrand church is a rectangular wooden church designed by Christian Heinrich Grosch in 1855. The windows are gable-shaped and are connected in series of three. On each side of the porch, there are extensions dating from 1971. The interior of the church is in Swiss and neo-Gothic style.

Tysnes Church was built in 1868 on Tysnes Farm, where there had been a church since the Middle Ages. However, the site of the church was considered off-centre, and in 1906 the church was dismantled and moved to Gjerstad farm on the other side of Gjervikvåggen. Georg Bull's drawings were lost, and new ones were prepared by Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff.

The Tyssedal church is a rectangular concrete church dating from 1965. It was designed by the architect Aksel Fronth. The altarpiece is a decorative carpet made by Grethe Lein Lange. The organ was supplied by Bruno Christensen & Sons Organ Building in 1970.

Tysvær church dates back to 1852. Tysvær has had a church since the Middle Ages. A stave church was replaced by a timber church around 1630. This timber church was rebuilt several times before it was replaced by a new church in 1852.