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The Cathedral of Catanzaro was first built in 1121 in Norman times and dedicated by Callisto II to Santa Maria Assunta and the Apostles Peter and Paul. In 1309 the Chapel of San Vitaliano was built on the left side façade and in 1588 the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament was built in front of it. In the altar of the Chapel of St. Vitaliano, the relics of St. Vitaliano, patron saint of the city, and of St. Fortunato and St. Ireneo, ancient patrons of the Byzantine city, have been placed in three niches. The church was also remodelled in 1511 with a Renaissance façade, which collapsed after the earthquake of 1638.

The Cathedral of Ceuta, was built in the 15th century by the Portuguese conquerors on the foundations of a 6th century Justinian church which had become a mosque in the meantime. It has undergone numerous transformations since then, the most notable being its façade, which has become neoclassical, in addition to a Renaissance portal in black marble and a Baroque altar in a chapel.

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is the Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Kaliningrad. Until 1985 there were no Orthodox churches in Kaliningrad, the parishes that opened from that year on were in old German churches, in great need of restoration. The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was built from 1995, the year of the 10th anniversary of Orthodoxy in Kaliningrad.

The construction of the Cathedral of Ciudad Rodrigo began in 1168, during the reign of Ferdinand II of León, in the Romanesque style. The work was completed two centuries later and, in the meantime, a Gothic-style was given to the cathedral.

The Cathedral of Como is a late Gothic style building built between 1396 and 1740. The length of its construction period is expressed in its architecture which mixes Gothic elements such as the built facade, Renaissance elements particularly visible from the rear of the cathedral, and finally, the rococo dome whose completion marks the end of the construction of the cathedral.

The construction of the Cathedral of Coria began in 1498 and was completed 250 years later, in 1748. The earthquake of 1 November 1755, which destroyed Lisbon, seriously damaged it. The cathedral is in Transitional Gothic style, with important Plateresque and Baroque additions. The tower bell tower designed by Manuel de Lara Churriguera (1690-1755).

The Cathedral of Divine Providence is a Roman Catholic place of worship in Chisinau built in 1840.

The cathedral of Évora was built between 1186 and 1250 and mixes Romanesque and Gothic architecture. However, plateresque elements were added in the 15th and 16th centuries (choir, pulpit, baptistery...), as well as some baroque elements (carved altarpieces). It is said that the flags of Vasco de Gama's fleet were blessed here in 1497.

The Cathedral of God the Merciful Father in Zaporizhia is a Roman Catholic concathedral between 1999 and 2004. The church was designed by Ukrainian architects from Zaporizhia, modelled on St Peter's Basilica in Rome.

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