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The church of Panagia in Korfes was built in the 16th century. This small church was destroyed in 1866 and later rebuilt. The original frescoes that decorated it are today unfortunately covered with plaster.

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The church of Panaya Kera is a place of worship built during in the 14th century during the Venetian period in Crete (1205–1669). Some traces of ancient frescoes remain on the walls, now almost erased.

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.