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In 1984, the church council of the Reformed Church in Utrecht decided to investigate the feasibility of establishing a church community in Houten. The first church services were held on 4 January 1987. The community rented the socio-cultural centre 'De Grote Geer' on the Snoeksloot as a meeting place. From 1991, the church services were held in the auditorium of the Agricultural Training Centre on the Randhoeve. Due to the growth of the church community, the members decided to have a church building built on the Poldermolen in 1997. The community took this church building into use on 18 December 1998. It seats 500. The bell tower was added in 2012.

Esmahan Sultan Mosque is the oldest mosque in Romania, built in 1575. It includes a small cemetery with graves dating back 300 years. The mosque remains in use to this day.

The Esme Sultanija Mosque, or mosque Čaršija, is the only mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina named after a woman. Esma Sultana was the wife of the Bosnian governor Mehmed Pasha Muhsinovic and built this mosque and two bridges over the Vrbas River. Mehmed Pasha Muhsinović was governor of Bosnia twice - the first time from 1760 to 1763, and the second time from 1770 to 1772.

The Portuguese synagogue was consecrated in 1726 based on a design by Daniel Marot in the late style of Louis XIV. The layout of the building is rectangular in shape and its façade is divided by the colossal order of pilasters, spanning the entire height of the building. The monumental entrance includes a classical fronton which contains the Hebrew verse referring to Psalm 84:2 and the date 5486 (1726 CE). The interior is divided into three aisles with the use of Ionic columns which support the women's gallery. In line with the Sephardic layout of synagogues, the bimah (teva) is not positioned at the center of the building but closer to the entrance and the benches face the main aisle instead of the Torah ark. The layout of this Sephardic synagogue is similar to the layout of the Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam. After the Second World War, the building became abandoned for a long period of time. It was bought by the Liberaal Joodse Gemeente in 1972 and subsequently renovated in 1974/76 and 1992/93.

The Esnoga (Talmud Torah) Synagogue in Amsterdam is also known as the Portuguese Synagogue. It is Sephardic synagogue constructed in 1675. Esnoga means synagogue in Ladino, the traditional Judao-Spanish language of the Sephardic Jews. It is still an active place of worship and tourist destination.

Esphigmenou Monastery is one of the 20 self-governing Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos. It is ranked eighteenth in the Athonite, the hierarchical order of the monasteries on the Athos peninsula.

Espoo Cathedral is a medieval greystone church built between 1485 and 1490. At the end of the 18th century, paintings that covered the walls and vaults were unveiled. The paintings depict the history of the world, from creation to redemption, as well as everyday things such as trading horses and milking cows. The church only became a cathedral in 2004, making it the youngest of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland.

Mosque Arrabitha Al-Islamia. Interesting mosque building in the Osdorp district, in the Nieuw West district. Originally in a now demolished emergency school from 1965 at this address. The mosque was already demolished in 2019 for a larger complex.

Built to replace the previous mosque . Beautiful, imposing, large Moroccan mosque in Rotterdam South. Probably the most monumental mosque ever built in the Netherlands to date (2019).

This mosque follows the tradition of the "medina Concept" following the design of the Great Mosque of Medina. The style of the mosque follows Egyptian Mammeluk architecture which features contrasting bluish and grey stone which creates a striped pattern. It consists of three central elements, each of which are domed.