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The Church of St Hedwig was founded in the second half of the 13th century by Duke Konrad I of Głogów, from 1272 to 1294. The church is the oldest preserved monument in Zielona Góra. After a fire destroyed the church in 1419, a brick construction of the church body in the form of a hall was created. The church burned down several times, including during the great fire of the city in 1582, when the vault collapsed, and in 1627 and 1651. After the last, very severe one, the church was rebuilt for a quarter of a century. A classical four-storey tower with a terrace and dome from 1832 completes the contemporary image of the church.

The Church of St Hippolytus is said to have been built together with a monastery in the second half of the 8th century. Around the middle of the 10th century, a single-nave church was presumably built. It was replaced by a new building in the second third of the 12th century in the form of a basilica still without a tower. During the renovation in 1898, all Baroque art was completely removed from the church. Between 1972 and 1975, the church underwent extensive renovation. In 2012-13, the west tower was finally renovated and refurbished.

The church of Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc was built in 1979 on the plans of the architect Louis Arretche. Inside you can see 13 16th century stained glass windows from the choir of the former church of Saint-Vincent. This church, which resembles both a Viking ship and a fish, is located on the spot where Joan of Arc (1412 - 1431) was burned at the stake.

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The Church of St John the Baptist was probably built in the third quarter of the 13th century, making it one of the oldest churches in Järva County. The stone church was preceded by a wooden church built by the Danes. Originally it was a Gothic-style church with a single nave and no tower. The neo-Gothic tower was not built according to the design of Johann Gottfried Mühlhausen until 1881.

The Church of St John the Baptist is a log and shingle sacred building in the village of Orawka. It is part of a group of wooden churches typical of the province of Małopolska.

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The church of St John (Agios Ioannis) in Episkopi was painted in the second half of the 14th century. The church has some tombs and an arcosolium which could belong to the founders and renovators.

The church of Saint-Léonard is one of the wooden churches to the south of Małopolska. Built in the 15th century on the site of an old church from the 12th and 13th centuries, it has a Gothic style and many interior paintings.