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The construction of Getafe Cathedral began in 1549 and was completed in 1770. It has several architectural styles depending on the time of its construction, the tower is a remnant of a previous construction. It is considered a major example of the Renaissance architecture of the community of Madrid. In 2001 a complete and urgent restoration was undertaken due to its general condition. This restoration was completed in 2007, and the cathedral has since been reopened to the public.

The Gethsemane Church was built between 1891 and 1893 according to the plans of the architect August Orth and inaugurated in 1893 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. In terms of style, August Orth combined neo-Romanesque elements, such as round-headed windows, with Baltic Gothic elements, such as rose windows or cross arches, and above all the use of brick as a material. The church was named after the Garden of Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Christians venerate this place where the twelve apostles and Jesus of Nazareth prayed the night before his crucifixion and where he was arrested.

Built to replace an older Reformed Church on Geuzenstraat. Architecturally important modern church building. However, due to the lack of a tower, it is rather inconspicuous. Out of use as the Reformed "Geuzen Church" in 1993, when it merged with, and into, the Dutch Reformed St. Catharine Church. Last church service January 31, 1993. Now (2018) Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.

The church in Gherdeal, a small, secluded village in the valley of the Rohrbach River, is still surrounded by a well preserved defence wall with towers in all four corners. The southern tower was transformed mid 19th century into a gatehouse and served as a home for the castle guardian. The initial medieval church in danger of collapse was completely demolished in 1850 and a new hall church with western tower was built in the contemporary style, as the simple composition of the tower’s facade and the interior furnishing testify. Only the Baroque altar was saved from the old church and placed in the new one. The Baroque organ was built for the church in Cristian, but in 1842 it was brought and assembled here.

The Ghetto Prayer Hall in Terezin is an Ashkenazi synagogue built 18th century. The synagogue was restored between 1942 and 1945 and painted by Artur Berlinger in 1944. This brick building now serves as a museum.

On the settlement founded in the 13th century by the Teutonic Order, the 15th century Gothic basilica evolved by altering the preceding Romanesque church. Later on it was fortified and surrounded by a curtain wall with five defence towers, an outer bailey, a moat, and the tower of the church was provided with arrow loops. After battle damages, the church was re-built in its original shape in 1658, but the vaults of the nave were added later in 1775. Remaining details of the Gothic period, besides the plan composition of the ground floor, are the Gothic cross rib vault of the chancel and the domical vault of the apse as well as the trefoil tracery windows. In the reconstruction phase the distinctive roof of the tower in form of a truncated pyramid with an open level for the bells was built. The interior setting was created during the 18th and 19th century. Unique in Transylvania is the 1902 colourful floral and ornamental painting covering all walls and vaults.

Built as a Reformed Church. Characteristic Nautakerk. Church with a cross-shaped floor plan and an extended entrance portal, built in 1926. A small bell tower on the crossing. Windows with colored glass from the construction period. Striking round window in the front facade. Inventory largely intact, but repainted in light colors.

Gildeskål Church is a medieval stone church, built around 1200. The wings and choirs have stood since the Middle Ages. After the fire of 1710, the church was enlarged by a large arm to the south, and probably the portals and windows were rebuilt and enlarged at the same time. The church remained unused and largely unchanged from 1881 until its restoration in the 1930s. The interior of the church, which has been preserved since the reconstruction in 1710, is one of the best-preserved 18th-century interiors among Norwegian churches.

The main church in Gildeskål is a neo-gothic church dating from 1881. The building, made of wood, was designed by the architect Carl Julius Bergstrøm.

The Gimmestad church is a long church dating from 1910. The building was designed by the architect Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff. The church does not have an altarpiece but is decorated with a copy of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Christ from Copenhagen Cathedral. This copy was made in 1912.