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Our Lady of Burgos (Catedral de Santa María; Catedral de Burgos) is a Gothic cathedral situated in northern Spain. Although it is predominantly Gothic, this UNESCO World Heritage site also displays other artistic styles, given that it was built over a period lasting from the 13th century to the 16th century. The building is home to a unique collection of works of art, including paintings, choir stalls, sculptures, tombs and stained-glass windows and is an extraordinary summary of European Gothic style.

Hall church, built in 1874-75 in a strongly simplified neoclassicism. The roof construction is special with a canopy that was very large for that time without pillars in the church or buttresses outside the church. The front facade includes a central section with three round-arched windows, crowned by a tympanum and a roof turret. This central section is flanked by two side sections, each with one round-arched window. The church is covered by a coved ceiling and has galleries on all sides. The liturgical centre is located on the wide side opposite the main entrance. It was renovated in 1951.

The Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume is the largest Buddhist temple in the Kalmykia Republic. It was opened in 2005, on the anniversary of the deportation of the Kalmyks to Siberia and the Far East in 1943. The building consists of 7 levels. The first level contains a library, a museum and a conference room. On the second level, there is a prayer room (Dugan) with a statue of Gautama Buddha.

Burs Church is one of the 92 medieval churches on the island of Gotland.

Bus’k Jewish Cemetery is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Ukraine. The oldest preserved Jewish tombstone in mainland Ukraine, dated to 1520, is located in this cemetery, as well as around ten 16th-century tombstones. The cemetery was operating until WWII.

Buttle Church is one of the 92 medieval churches on the island of Gotland.

The Bützow collegiate church was originally built in the second half of the 13th century as a collegiate church of the residence of the bishops of Schwerin. It is a three-nave brick hall church with three equally high naves and a tower of about 74 metres high.

Characteristic Reformed Kuipers Church with tower in Noordwijk aan Zee.

Buvik Church is an octagonal church consecrated in 1823. The building was designed using the Klæbu church (built by Lars Larsen Forsæth) as a model. Both churches have the same elongated octagonal shape and are almost the same size. The church lacked a sacristy from the beginning and received one in an extension on the east side in 1978. It originally had a round dome which was destroyed by lightning in 1861 and replaced by an octagonal bell tower. The red brick roof was replaced by Alta slate in 1920.

Although the construction date of the church is unknown, its chancel was built in the late 14th century. In order to offer protection from the hillside, the chancel was fortified by adding three more defence levels, thus rising far above the nave. The upper fortification system can be accessed through a small spiral staircase and is situated above the rib vault. The ring wall built one century later, once over 6m tall, was downsized and its gate tower converted to a house for the castle guardian. The western Gothic portal features stylistic characteristics specific for the Mediaş area. A Neoclassic side gallery characterizes the nave’s interior, while the Baroque altar dominates the chancel. Here, next to the Gothic tabernacle and dated to the same period, one can find the beautiful portal to the sacristy. Another interesting characteristic is the wooden roofed staircase leading to the fortress.