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The church of Panagia Kapnikarea is a small Byzantine church dating from the 11th century. It was erected on an old church of the 5th century, itself built on a Greek temple. The church now belongs to the University of Athens and is called "Church of the Sacred University".

Panagia Kassopitra is a medieval church dedicated to the patron saint of sailors.

The Church of the Virgin Mary of Keras is a church with some of the most preserved frescoes of the Byzantine period. The exact date of the construction of the temple is unknown, but its oldest parts, the central nave and the vaulted dome were erected and painted in the 13th century. The church was rebuilt in 1722 by the Managaris family.

The Church of Peace was founded around 1230 but did not receive its final appearance until the 19th century. After the introduction of the Reformation in 1539/40, the church became a temporary store for grain and hay, served as a shelter for the sick and as a powder magazine. From 1656 it was a reformed church. Due to a lack of parishioners after the Second World War, the building gradually lost its use as a church. Today it is used by the Förderkreis Oekumenisches Europa-Centrum e. V., founded in 1994, with the aim of creating an interdenominational meeting centre.

The Jawor Peace Church is a Protestant wooden church with a half-timbered structure. It is one of two historic sacred buildings still built as part of the Peace Accord of Westphalia (1648). The church is a world cultural heritage site of UNESCO.

The Peace Church of the Holy Trinity in Świdnica is one of two historic sacred buildings built under the terms of the Treaty of Westphalia (1648). In the interests of peace, Silesian evangelicals were allowed to build three Protestant temples in Silesia, including one in Świdnica. The building has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2001.

The Protestant parish church of Bad Ischl (Evangelische Pfarrgemeinde A.B. Bad Ischl) also known as the Church of Peace (Friedenskirche) has served the protestant community of this little spa town since the late 19th century.

The Church of Pentecost in Vinkovci is a Serbian Orthodox church built in 1793. After being completely destroyed in 1991 during Croatia's war of independence, a new church, identical to the old one, was rebuilt in the same place from 2007 to 2012.

The church of Piedigrotta was entirely excavated from the 18th century in a tuff cliff. First a fishermen's chapel, the cave became a church that grew at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Inside there are several groups of sculptures that furnish it, also in volcanic tuff.

Church built in the 12th century, rebuilt in the 19th century, with the addition of the bell tower in 1846.