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Alone in the fens between Bardeny and Wragby, this humble church has been used for worship for almost 150 years.

St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral was first mentioned in 1146. It dates from the time of Henry the Lion, who first promoted the town. The octagonal towers were already built around 1300. Presumably they were supposed to be much higher.

Bardu Church was built in 1825-1829, based on the model of Tynset Church, but on a smaller scale. The church has an octagonal plan, a large square tower to the west and a choir to the east. The exterior of the church is clad with vertical panels painted white. The tower was not completed until 1840.

Church built between 1855 and 1860, in reference to the abbey Saint-Georges de Boscherville. The first glass canopies, installed during the years of construction, were blown down by the bombings of 1944 and have now been replaced.

The present cathedral of Bari dates back to the 12th-13th century. It was built on the ruins of a cathedral of Byzantine origin, destroyed by William I of Sicily (1154-1166). The materials of the previous church and other destroyed buildings were used for the construction of the present building. Consecrated on October 4, 1292, the church was inspired by the style of the Basilica of St. Nicholas.

Possibly built on a pre-Christian sacred site, the church has some walls from the 12th century. During the 15th century the interior was rebuilt as the church ceiling replaced with the currently visible vaults. It has a 12th century baptismal font.

Barletta Cathedral was built between the 12th and 14th centuries on the site of an early-Christian church, which had been in existence since the 7th century at least. The church was consecrated as a cathedral by Pius IX in the Bull of 21 April 1860 and became a minor basilica in 1961.

The current church was founded in c. 1280. It has three portals, two of which are in Gothic style and one, the oldest, which is still in the Romanesque tradition. There are also Gothic windows with still extant stained glass from c. 1280 in the apse and the south façade, one of only a few instances of preserved medieval stained glass in Sweden in situ.

The current barn church was built in the mid-18th century to replace an old barn church dating back to 1647. The barn churches were built in Gilze by the predominantly Catholic population when the main church of St. Petrus Bandenkerk was made Protestant. It was not until 1818 that the Catholics of Gilze were able to return to the St. Petrus Bandenkerk.

Between Blauwhuis and IJlst, along the ancient winding dikes that protected the people in former times against the Middelzee, is the church of Westhem. It lies on a mound and is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.