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The Old Church in Bad Suderode is a Romanesque building currently used for concerts, presentations, and travelling exhibitions.

The old church of Tampere was built in 1824-25 in the neoclassical style. A bell tower designed by Carl Ludvig Engel was built in 1828-1829, on which two bells were placed. Modified over time, the original appearance of the church was restored during a renovation by Nils Erik Wickberg in 1953-54. Today the old church is the original church of the Swedish congregation in Tampere.

The Old Congregation Synagogue (Kahal Kadosh Yashan) in Ioannina is a Romaniot synagogue built from 1775. This stone building still serves as a synagogue.

The old church in Karasjok was built in 1807 and has a cruciform plan. In 1858, it was given an extension to the sacristy. The turret above the crossing point of the transverse arms had a dome-shaped roof until 1902 when it was given a pointed tower. The church used to have tarred walls and small windows, but in 1858 it was given whitewashed horizontal panels and high pointed windows. Despite the changes, the interior has retained its early 19th-century character.

The old Konnerud church is a wooden church completed in 1858. Before the present church, there was a church on the same site from 1760. This first church was of simple construction, it looked almost like a barn on the outside, and inside there were initially only a few pews, no altarpiece.

The Old Major was built from the 11th century on the site of a first church dating from the 5th century. The cathedral, of Provençal Romanesque style, then had a bell tower added in the 14th century. The destruction of the old cathedral of the Major was decided in 1852, to allow the construction of the new cathedral Sainte-Marie-Majeure in Marseille. The old cathedral only owes its rescue to the intervention of the French Archaeological Society, which blocked its destruction in 1853. Having become a parish church, it remained used for worship until the 1950s.

The Old Mosque was built from 1402 to 1414 by the architect Konyalı Hacı Alâaddin. The mosque, which was damaged by fire in 1749 and by the earthquake in 1752, was repaired during the reign of Mahmud I (1730-1754). After the foundation of the Republic, it was restored in 1924-34.

The oldest part of the old church of Orre is said to have been built around the middle of the 13th century. The sea was probably higher in the Middle Ages, so that ships could dock completely inside the church. The old church of Orre was the parish church of the parish of Orre until 1950, when the church of Orre in Pollestad (Orre centre) was built.

The church had its origins in Pictish times at St Brigids Well on Gretna Hill. By the 16th century the church at Reinpatrick, or the Red Kirk, had fallen into decay and was joined to the Parish of Graitney. The parishes of Gretna and Redkirk were united in 1609.

The old St. Peter's Church was first mentioned in the 12th century, but the construction of the present Gothic church began in the 14th century. With the Reformation, the church became Protestant in 1529, but when Louis XIV conquered the city in 1683, parts of the church were returned to the Catholics and a wall was built to separate the two areas. Today, the part of the church on the side of the 22-November street is dedicated to Catholic worship while the part overlooking the Grand'rue is dedicated to Protestant worship.