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The Mahon cemetery was started to be built after in 1787 King Carlos III of Spain signed the first provision on the construction of cemeteries outside the towns for health reasons and because of the bad smells inside the churches.

Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif is a Muslim place of worship of the Sunni community in Birmingham.

The minaret of the mosque is built entirely of stones about 14 m high. The whole complex went under renovation in 2008.

The Central Synagogue (Independent Chapel) in Manchester was built ca 1840. This brick building in the Neo-Classical style now serves as an office.

Architecturally important and original church building, built as the Reformed Juliana Church, or associated Community Building. The first stone was laid on 10 July 1927. The church was built by order of the Council of the Reformed Church in De Bilt in the style of the Amsterdam School, designed by architect E. Reitsma. He designed exceptionally important expressionist churches in Andijk, Kollum and Weesp, among others.

J. Reil built a new mechanical organ in 1962 under the advice of AP Oosterhof. Parts of the previous organ were used during construction. Upon completion, it had ten stops on the manual and two on the pedal (one of which was a transmission). The pedal was later expanded to four stops. In 1983, Pels & Van Leeuwen carried out a renovation. Under the advice of Stef Tuinstra, it was thoroughly restored in 2008. The disposition was expanded with a Cornet on the manual. On 19 October 2008, the organ was put back into use during a special church service at 5:00 PM, with Harm Hoeve playing the organ.

St. Olga is an Orthodox church in Łódź. It was built in 1895 as a church shelter for the Orthodox orphans.

The Jewish cemetery is located on a hillside in the southern part of the village. The Jews from Nova Gradiska also used the Jewish cemetery in Cernik. While the cemetery was founded in 1800, the oldest gravestone inscription dates to 1871. Some of the grave inscriptions are written in Hebrew, German, and Croatian. Among the more notable buildings in the cemetery include the Schmidek Schulzer family ohel, built as a mausoleum, and the ruins of a mortuary. The last burial took place in 1942.

The Certosa di Pavia is one of the largest monasteries in Italy. It is part of the Carthusian monastic order, and was founded in the late 14th century. The cathedral is an elaborate and ornate example of both renaissance and Gothic styles, and is noted for its collection of artworks. In August of 1946, Benito Mussolini's illegally exhumed body was found in this cathedral resulting in two friars being arrested for conspiracy.

The former Carthusian monastery of St James was built in the late 14th century. The monastery was closed and its property sold in 1808. Part of the buildings now houses a museum dedicated to the German painter Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach, who spent much of his life and died in 1913 in Capri.